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Re: [PATCH] stty doc enhancements
From: |
Pádraig Brady |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] stty doc enhancements |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:25:56 +0000 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071008) |
address@hidden wrote:
> Well, OK then.
>
> PB> I think we can imply a computer is involved?
> PB> I was worried that the more verbose mentioning of both
> PB> the terminal and computer would suggest that stty
> PB> was restricted to remote serial terminals.
I'm going to push the attached soon
cheers,
Pádraig
>From 8a0d51dc9997fa8cbb6eb883979ed9749bddac03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf-8?q?P=C3=A1draig=20Brady?= <address@hidden>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:55:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc: stty: Clarification of some input and output settings
* doc/coreutils.texi (stty invocation): Clarify any
ambiguity in regard to the direction of input and output settings.
Add some notes on the case changing settings.
Most of the text was supplied by Dan Jacobson <address@hidden>
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 8 ++++++--
1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index bbc2710..3c3b74a 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -11916,6 +11916,7 @@ Enable RTS/CTS flow control. address@hidden May be
negated.
@subsection Input settings
@cindex input settings
+These settings control operations on data received from the terminal.
@table @samp
@item ignbrk
@@ -11988,7 +11989,8 @@ empty again. May be negated.
@opindex iuclc
@cindex uppercase, translating to lowercase
Translate uppercase characters to lowercase. address@hidden May be
-negated.
+negated. Note no ilcuc is implemented, as one would not be able to issue
+almost any (lowercase) Unix command, after invoking it.
@item ixany
@opindex ixany
@@ -12005,6 +12007,7 @@ when the input buffer is full. address@hidden May be
negated.
@node Output
@subsection Output settings
+These settings control operations on data sent to the terminal.
@cindex output settings
These arguments specify output-related operations.
@@ -12018,7 +12021,7 @@ Postprocess output. May be negated.
@opindex olcuc
@cindex lowercase, translating to output
Translate lowercase characters to uppercase. address@hidden May be
-negated.
+negated. (Note no ouclc is currently implemented.)
@item ocrnl
@opindex ocrnl
@@ -12271,6 +12274,7 @@ as @code{tab3}.
@opindex lcase
@opindex LCASE
Same as @code{xcase iuclc olcuc}. address@hidden May be negated.
+(Used for terminals with uppercase characters only.)
@item crt
@opindex crt
--
1.5.3.6
- stty doc 'enhancements', jidanni, 2008/12/14
- Re: stty doc 'enhancements', Pádraig Brady, 2008/12/14
- git-diff shows none, even before ./bootstrap, jidanni, 2008/12/15
- [PATCH] stty doc enhancements, jidanni, 2008/12/17
- Re: [PATCH] stty doc enhancements, Pádraig Brady, 2008/12/17
- Re: [PATCH] stty doc enhancements, jidanni, 2008/12/17
- Re: [PATCH] stty doc enhancements, Pádraig Brady, 2008/12/21
- Message not available
- Re: [PATCH] stty doc enhancements,
Pádraig Brady <=
- Re: [PATCH] stty doc enhancements, Jim Meyering, 2008/12/23
- Re: [PATCH] stty doc enhancements, Andreas Schwab, 2008/12/23
- Re: [PATCH] stty doc enhancements, Pádraig Brady, 2008/12/23