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[patches] some small message improvements

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Message #14 received at 21571 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 21571 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Benno Schulenberg <bensberg <at> justemail.net>
Subject: Re: bug#21571: [patches] some small message improvements
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:30:55 +0200

Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com> writes:

> On 27/09/15 08:58, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
>> @item onlcr
>> @opindex onlcr
>> @cindex newline, translating to crlf
>> -Translate newline to carriage return-newline.  Non-POSIX@.  May be
>> +Translate newline to carriage return + newline.  Non-POSIX@.  May be
>>  negated.
>
> Better thanks.
>
>>  @item onocr
>> @@ -13918,7 +13918,7 @@ May be negated.
>>  
>>  @item onlret
>>  @opindex onlret
>> -Newline performs a carriage return.  Non-POSIX@.  May be negated.
>> +Translate newline to carriage return.  Non-POSIX@.  May be negated.

BTW, non-POSIX is misleading.  Most of those extensions are now part of
POSIX, but XSI shaded.

Andreas.

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