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Re: [PATCH] tr: more descriptive help text


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tr: more descriptive help text
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:42:52 +0100
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Jim Meyering wrote:
> Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> Heikki Orsila wrote:
>>> ---
>>>  src/tr.c |    2 +-
>>>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/src/tr.c b/src/tr.c
>>> index e9338d4..8084447 100644
>>> --- a/src/tr.c
>>> +++ b/src/tr.c
>>> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... SET1 [SET2]\n\
>>>  Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard input,\n\
>>>  writing to standard output.\n\
>>>  \n\
>>> -  -c, -C, --complement    first complement SET1\n\
>>> +  -c, -C, --complement    change SET1 into a complement of itself\n\
>>>    -d, --delete            delete characters in SET1, do not translate\n\
>>>    -s, --squeeze-repeats   replace each input sequence of a repeated 
>>> character\n\
>>>                              that is listed in SET1 with a single 
>>> occurrence\n\
>> Yes, we should add that.
>> "first complement" could be ambiguous/confusing.
> 
> How about "use the complement of SET1" ?

yes, better.




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