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Errors in Texinfo documentation

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From: Renaud Pacalet <renaud.pacalet <at> telecom-paris.fr>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: Errors in Texinfo documentation
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 11:50:27 +0200

Hi,

The texinfo sed 4.8 documentation contains the following errors, I think.

$ sed --version
sed (GNU sed) 4.8

----------------
Next: tac,  Prev: Text search across multiple lines,  Up: Examples

7.8 Line length adjustment
==========================

This section uses 'N' and 'D' commands to search for consecutive words
spanning multiple lines, and the 'b' command for branching.  *Note
Multiline techniques:: and *note Branching and flow control::.

   This (somewhat contrived) example deal with formatting and wrapping
lines of text of the following input file:

     $ cat two-cities-mix.txt
     It was the best of times, it was
     the worst of times, it
     was the age of
     wisdom,
     it
     was
     the age
     of foolishness,

The following sed program wraps lines at 40 characters:
     $ cat wrap40.sed
     # outer loop
     :x

     # Appead a newline followed by the next input line to the pattern 
buffer
----------------

1. This example is not about search for consecutive words, it is about 
line length adjustment.

2. On the last line of this excerpt it should be "# Append a 
newline...", not "# Appead a newline...".

Thanks,
-- 
Renaud Pacalet
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Message #8 received at 49680 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Renaud Pacalet <renaud.pacalet <at> telecom-paris.fr>, 49680 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49680: Errors in Texinfo documentation
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 15:07:28 -0600

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On 2021-07-21 3:50 a.m., Renaud Pacalet wrote:
> The texinfo sed 4.8 documentation contains the following errors, I think.
[...]
> 1. This example is not about search for consecutive words, it is about 
> line length adjustment.
> 
> 2. On the last line of this excerpt it should be "# Append a 
> newline...", not "# Appead a newline...".

Thanks for the report.

I plan to push the attached fix in your name soon.

regards,
 - assaf

[0001-doc-fix-wording-in-line-length-adj.-example.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #11 received at 49680 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Renaud Pacalet <renaud.pacalet <at> telecom-paris.fr>, 49680 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49680: Errors in Texinfo documentation
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 14:20:47 -0700

On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 2:09 PM Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2021-07-21 3:50 a.m., Renaud Pacalet wrote:
> > The texinfo sed 4.8 documentation contains the following errors, I think.
> [...]
> > 1. This example is not about search for consecutive words, it is about
> > line length adjustment.
> >
> > 2. On the last line of this excerpt it should be "# Append a
> > newline...", not "# Appead a newline...".
>
> Thanks for the report.
>
> I plan to push the attached fix in your name soon.

Thank you both. That patch looks fine.

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