Re: coreutils: FIXMEs in 2013

[Pádraig Brady]

On 12/01/2013 10:53 AM, Philipp Thomas wrote:
> Hi Pádraig,
> 
> Am 29.11.13 11:10, schrieb Pádraig Brady:
>> No idea. Test case is here if anyone can try:
>> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2007-01/msg00093.html
> 
> It works in my Mac OS snow leopard terminal, i.e. no misalignment.

It was questionable to be so specific in the first place.
Removed with the following.

thanks!
Pádraig.

commit c5ae2914509baec28ec81d57be7bab9d5c6dc12c
Author: Pádraig Brady <address@hidden>
Date:   Sun Dec 1 12:15:34 2013 +0000

    doc: remove obsolete info on terminal alignment bugs

    * doc/coreutils.texi (ls invocation): Remove the note about
    OSX terminals not aligning properly as this is no longer the case.
    Tested by: Philipp Thomas

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index c323730..cbb887d 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -7648,10 +7648,8 @@ Assume that each tab stop is @var{cols} columns wide.  
The default is 8.
 @command{ls} uses tabs where possible in the output, for efficiency.  If
 @var{cols} is zero, do not use tabs at all.

-@c FIXME: remove in 2009, if Apple Terminal has been fixed for long enough.
-Some terminal emulators (at least Apple Terminal 1.5 (133) from Mac OS X 
10.4.8)
-do not properly align columns to the right of a TAB following a
-non-ASCII byte.  If you use such a terminal emulator, use the
+Some terminal emulators do not properly align columns to the right of a
+TAB following a non-ASCII byte.  If you use such a terminal emulator, use the
 @option{-T0} option or put @code{TABSIZE=0} in your environment to tell
 @command{ls} to align using spaces, not tabs.