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commit c86aa5e85c7ced14a81389c0bf96b6c75fe420c9
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
Date: Sun Oct 5 20:54:01 2014 +0300
Finished edits!
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index e4676b2..5f59e57 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-10-05 Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
+
+ * gawktexi.in: Finished changes!
+
2014-10-03 Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
* gawktexi.in (EMRED): Renamed from EMISTERED to match original.
diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info
index 6c8b9c8..68d6012 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.info
+++ b/doc/gawk.info
@@ -1746,10 +1746,10 @@ the quoting rules.
awk -F"" 'PROGRAM' FILES # wrong!
- In the second case, `awk' will attempt to use the text of the
- program as the value of `FS', and the first file name as the text
- of the program! This results in syntax errors at best, and
- confusing behavior at worst.
+ In the second case, `awk' attempts to use the text of the program
+ as the value of `FS', and the first file name as the text of the
+ program! This results in syntax errors at best, and confusing
+ behavior at worst.
Mixing single and double quotes is difficult. You have to resort to
shell quoting tricks, like this:
@@ -3942,7 +3942,7 @@ No options
Traditional Unix `awk' regexps are matched. The GNU operators are
not special, and interval expressions are not available. The
POSIX character classes (`[[:alnum:]]', etc.) are supported, as
- BWK `awk' does support them. Characters described by octal and
+ BWK `awk' supports them. Characters described by octal and
hexadecimal escape sequences are treated literally, even if they
represent regexp metacharacters.
@@ -4465,9 +4465,9 @@ program. Other `awk' implementations may behave
differently.)
As mentioned in *note Fields::, `awk' stores the current record's
number of fields in the built-in variable `NF' (also *note Built-in
-Variables::). The expression `$NF' is not a special feature--it is the
-direct consequence of evaluating `NF' and using its value as a field
-number.
+Variables::). Thus, the expression `$NF' is not a special feature--it
+is the direct consequence of evaluating `NF' and using its value as a
+field number.
---------- Footnotes ----------
@@ -7677,7 +7677,7 @@ difference in behavior, on a GNU/Linux system:
The `en_DK.utf-8' locale is for English in Denmark, where the comma
acts as the decimal point separator. In the normal `"C"' locale, `gawk'
treats `4,321' as 4, while in the Danish locale, it's treated as the
-full number, 4.321.
+full number including the fractional part, 4.321.
Some earlier versions of `gawk' fully complied with this aspect of
the standard. However, many users in non-English locales complained
@@ -10765,8 +10765,8 @@ program.
Arrays in `awk' superficially resemble arrays in other programming
languages, but there are fundamental differences. In `awk', it isn't
necessary to specify the size of an array before starting to use it.
-Additionally, any number or string in `awk', not just consecutive
-integers, may be used as an array index.
+Additionally, any number or string, not just consecutive integers, may
+be used as an array index.
In most other languages, arrays must be "declared" before use,
including a specification of how many elements or components they
@@ -12079,7 +12079,7 @@ Options::):
With BWK `awk' and `gawk', it is a fatal error to use a regexp
constant for FIND. Other implementations allow it, simply
treating the regexp constant as an expression meaning `$0 ~
- /regexp/'.
+ /regexp/'. (d.c.).
`length('[STRING]`)'
Return the number of characters in STRING. If STRING is a number,
@@ -18294,7 +18294,7 @@ pipeline of commands. While `sed' is a complicated
program in its own
right, its most common use is to perform global substitutions in the
middle of a pipeline:
- command1 < orig.data | sed 's/old/new/g' | command2 > result
+ COMMAND1 < orig.data | sed 's/old/new/g' | COMMAND2 > result
Here, `s/old/new/g' tells `sed' to look for the regexp `old' on each
input line and globally replace it with the text `new', i.e., all the
@@ -25919,7 +25919,7 @@ File: gawk.info, Node: Extension summary, Next:
Extension Exercises, Prev: ga
tasks.
* One of these tasks is to "register" the name and implementation of
- a new `awk'-level function with `gawk'. The implementation takes
+ new `awk'-level functions with `gawk'. The implementation takes
the form of a C function pointer with a defined signature. By
convention, implementation functions are named `do_XXXX()' for
some `awk'-level function `XXXX()'.
@@ -25955,7 +25955,7 @@ File: gawk.info, Node: Extension summary, Next:
Extension Exercises, Prev: ga
modifying elements; getting the count of elements in an array;
creating a new array; clearing an array; and flattening an
array for easy C style looping over all its indices and
- elements
+ elements.
* The API defines a number of standard data types for representing
`awk' values, array elements, and arrays.
@@ -28068,8 +28068,8 @@ reorganized to supply individual PCSI packages for each
component. See
The normal build procedure for `gawk' produces a program that is
suitable for use with GNV.
- The `vms/gawk_build_steps.txt' in the distribution documents the
-procedure for building a VMS PCSI kit that is compatible with GNV.
+ The file `vms/gawk_build_steps.txt' in the distribution documents
+the procedure for building a VMS PCSI kit that is compatible with GNV.
File: gawk.info, Node: VMS Old Gawk, Prev: VMS GNV, Up: VMS Installation
@@ -32292,6 +32292,7 @@ Index
* double quote ("), in shell commands: Quoting. (line 54)
* down debugger command: Execution Stack. (line 23)
* Drepper, Ulrich: Acknowledgments. (line 52)
+* Duman, Patrice: Acknowledgments. (line 74)
* dump all variables of a program: Options. (line 93)
* dump debugger command: Miscellaneous Debugger Commands.
(line 9)
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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi
index d8ebb0b..40b7bfa 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.texi
+++ b/doc/gawk.texi
@@ -2108,8 +2108,16 @@ working with this team of fine people.
Notable code and documentation contributions were made by
a number of people. @xref{Contributors}, for the full list.
address@hidden FOR_PRINT
address@hidden Oram, Andy
+Thanks to Andy Oram, of O'Reilly Media, for initiating
+the fourth edition and for his support during the work.
address@hidden ifset
+
Thanks to Michael Brennan for the Foreword.
address@hidden Duman, Patrice
address@hidden Berry, Karl
Thanks to Patrice Dumas for the new @command{makeinfo} program.
Thanks to Karl Berry who continues to work to keep
the Texinfo markup language sane.
@@ -2796,7 +2804,7 @@ awk -F"" '@var{program}' @var{files} # wrong!
@end example
@noindent
-In the second case, @command{awk} will attempt to use the text of the program
+In the second case, @command{awk} attempts to use the text of the program
as the value of @code{FS}, and the first @value{FN} as the text of the program!
This results in syntax errors at best, and confusing behavior at worst.
@end itemize
@@ -5976,7 +5984,7 @@ are allowed.
Traditional Unix @command{awk} regexps are matched. The GNU operators
are not special, and interval expressions are not available.
The POSIX character classes (@samp{[[:alnum:]]}, etc.) are supported,
-as BWK @command{awk} does support them.
+as BWK @command{awk} supports them.
Characters described by octal and hexadecimal escape sequences are
treated literally, even if they represent regexp metacharacters.
@@ -6692,7 +6700,7 @@ implementations may behave differently.)
As mentioned in @ref{Fields},
@command{awk} stores the current record's number of fields in the built-in
-variable @code{NF} (also @pxref{Built-in Variables}). The expression
+variable @code{NF} (also @pxref{Built-in Variables}). Thus, the expression
@code{$NF} is not a special feature---it is the direct consequence of
evaluating @code{NF} and using its value as a field number.
@@ -11036,7 +11044,7 @@ $ @kbd{echo 4,321 | LC_ALL=en_DK.utf-8 gawk '@{ print
$1 + 1 @}'}
The @code{en_DK.utf-8} locale is for English in Denmark, where the comma acts
as
the decimal point separator. In the normal @code{"C"} locale, @command{gawk}
treats @samp{4,321} as 4, while in the Danish locale, it's treated
-as the full number, 4.321.
+as the full number including the fractional part, 4.321.
Some earlier versions of @command{gawk} fully complied with this aspect
of the standard. However, many users in non-English locales complained
@@ -15390,7 +15398,7 @@ as a variable) in the same @command{awk} program.
Arrays in @command{awk} superficially resemble arrays in other programming
languages, but there are fundamental differences. In @command{awk}, it
isn't necessary to specify the size of an array before starting to use it.
-Additionally, any number or string in @command{awk}, not just consecutive
integers,
+Additionally, any number or string, not just consecutive integers,
may be used as an array index.
In most other languages, arrays must be @dfn{declared} before use,
@@ -17167,7 +17175,7 @@ If @var{find} is not found, @code{index()} returns zero.
With BWK @command{awk} and @command{gawk},
it is a fatal error to use a regexp constant for @var{find}.
Other implementations allow it, simply treating the regexp
-constant as an expression meaning @samp{$0 ~ /regexp/}.
+constant as an expression meaning @samp{$0 ~ /regexp/}. @value{DARKCORNER}.
@item @code{length(address@hidden@code{)}
@cindexawkfunc{length}
@@ -25720,7 +25728,7 @@ While @command{sed} is a complicated program in its own
right, its most common
use is to perform global substitutions in the middle of a pipeline:
@example
-command1 < orig.data | sed 's/old/new/g' | command2 > result
address@hidden < orig.data | sed 's/old/new/g' | @var{command2} > result
@end example
Here, @samp{s/old/new/g} tells @command{sed} to look for the regexp
@@ -35004,7 +35012,7 @@ certain tasks.
@item
One of these tasks is to ``register'' the name and implementation of
-a new @command{awk}-level function with @command{gawk}. The implementation
+new @command{awk}-level functions with @command{gawk}. The implementation
takes the form of a C function pointer with a defined signature.
By convention, implementation functions are named @address@hidden()}
for some @command{awk}-level function @address@hidden()}.
@@ -35055,7 +35063,7 @@ getting the count of elements in an array;
creating a new array;
clearing an array;
and
-flattening an array for easy C style looping over all its indices and elements
+flattening an array for easy C style looping over all its indices and elements.
@end itemize
@item
@@ -38010,8 +38018,8 @@ See
@address@hidden://sourceforge.net/p/gnv/wiki/InstallingGNVPackages/}.}
The normal build procedure for @command{gawk} produces a program that
is suitable for use with GNV.
-The @file{vms/gawk_build_steps.txt} in the distribution documents the procedure
-for building a VMS PCSI kit that is compatible with GNV.
+The file @file{vms/gawk_build_steps.txt} in the distribution documents
+the procedure for building a VMS PCSI kit that is compatible with GNV.
@ignore
@c The VMS POSIX product, also known as POSIX for OpenVMS, is long defunct
diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in
index 8d25e63..fb4ca90 100644
--- a/doc/gawktexi.in
+++ b/doc/gawktexi.in
@@ -2075,8 +2075,16 @@ working with this team of fine people.
Notable code and documentation contributions were made by
a number of people. @xref{Contributors}, for the full list.
address@hidden FOR_PRINT
address@hidden Oram, Andy
+Thanks to Andy Oram, of O'Reilly Media, for initiating
+the fourth edition and for his support during the work.
address@hidden ifset
+
Thanks to Michael Brennan for the Foreword.
address@hidden Duman, Patrice
address@hidden Berry, Karl
Thanks to Patrice Dumas for the new @command{makeinfo} program.
Thanks to Karl Berry who continues to work to keep
the Texinfo markup language sane.
@@ -2707,7 +2715,7 @@ awk -F"" '@var{program}' @var{files} # wrong!
@end example
@noindent
-In the second case, @command{awk} will attempt to use the text of the program
+In the second case, @command{awk} attempts to use the text of the program
as the value of @code{FS}, and the first @value{FN} as the text of the program!
This results in syntax errors at best, and confusing behavior at worst.
@end itemize
@@ -5760,7 +5768,7 @@ are allowed.
Traditional Unix @command{awk} regexps are matched. The GNU operators
are not special, and interval expressions are not available.
The POSIX character classes (@samp{[[:alnum:]]}, etc.) are supported,
-as BWK @command{awk} does support them.
+as BWK @command{awk} supports them.
Characters described by octal and hexadecimal escape sequences are
treated literally, even if they represent regexp metacharacters.
@@ -6419,7 +6427,7 @@ implementations may behave differently.)
As mentioned in @ref{Fields},
@command{awk} stores the current record's number of fields in the built-in
-variable @code{NF} (also @pxref{Built-in Variables}). The expression
+variable @code{NF} (also @pxref{Built-in Variables}). Thus, the expression
@code{$NF} is not a special feature---it is the direct consequence of
evaluating @code{NF} and using its value as a field number.
@@ -10476,7 +10484,7 @@ $ @kbd{echo 4,321 | LC_ALL=en_DK.utf-8 gawk '@{ print
$1 + 1 @}'}
The @code{en_DK.utf-8} locale is for English in Denmark, where the comma acts
as
the decimal point separator. In the normal @code{"C"} locale, @command{gawk}
treats @samp{4,321} as 4, while in the Danish locale, it's treated
-as the full number, 4.321.
+as the full number including the fractional part, 4.321.
Some earlier versions of @command{gawk} fully complied with this aspect
of the standard. However, many users in non-English locales complained
@@ -14674,7 +14682,7 @@ as a variable) in the same @command{awk} program.
Arrays in @command{awk} superficially resemble arrays in other programming
languages, but there are fundamental differences. In @command{awk}, it
isn't necessary to specify the size of an array before starting to use it.
-Additionally, any number or string in @command{awk}, not just consecutive
integers,
+Additionally, any number or string, not just consecutive integers,
may be used as an array index.
In most other languages, arrays must be @dfn{declared} before use,
@@ -16451,7 +16459,7 @@ If @var{find} is not found, @code{index()} returns zero.
With BWK @command{awk} and @command{gawk},
it is a fatal error to use a regexp constant for @var{find}.
Other implementations allow it, simply treating the regexp
-constant as an expression meaning @samp{$0 ~ /regexp/}.
+constant as an expression meaning @samp{$0 ~ /regexp/}. @value{DARKCORNER}.
@item @code{length(address@hidden@code{)}
@cindexawkfunc{length}
@@ -24814,7 +24822,7 @@ While @command{sed} is a complicated program in its own
right, its most common
use is to perform global substitutions in the middle of a pipeline:
@example
-command1 < orig.data | sed 's/old/new/g' | command2 > result
address@hidden < orig.data | sed 's/old/new/g' | @var{command2} > result
@end example
Here, @samp{s/old/new/g} tells @command{sed} to look for the regexp
@@ -34098,7 +34106,7 @@ certain tasks.
@item
One of these tasks is to ``register'' the name and implementation of
-a new @command{awk}-level function with @command{gawk}. The implementation
+new @command{awk}-level functions with @command{gawk}. The implementation
takes the form of a C function pointer with a defined signature.
By convention, implementation functions are named @address@hidden()}
for some @command{awk}-level function @address@hidden()}.
@@ -34149,7 +34157,7 @@ getting the count of elements in an array;
creating a new array;
clearing an array;
and
-flattening an array for easy C style looping over all its indices and elements
+flattening an array for easy C style looping over all its indices and elements.
@end itemize
@item
@@ -37104,8 +37112,8 @@ See
@address@hidden://sourceforge.net/p/gnv/wiki/InstallingGNVPackages/}.}
The normal build procedure for @command{gawk} produces a program that
is suitable for use with GNV.
-The @file{vms/gawk_build_steps.txt} in the distribution documents the procedure
-for building a VMS PCSI kit that is compatible with GNV.
+The file @file{vms/gawk_build_steps.txt} in the distribution documents
+the procedure for building a VMS PCSI kit that is compatible with GNV.
@ignore
@c The VMS POSIX product, also known as POSIX for OpenVMS, is long defunct
http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/commit/?id=6b818c7f463e1bd6b9470f4bfb694f240ac3e5c2
commit 6b818c7f463e1bd6b9470f4bfb694f240ac3e5c2
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
Date: Sun Oct 5 20:06:38 2014 +0300
Minor typo fix in profiling output.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 72a27d7..e8d57f5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-10-05 Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
+
+ * profile.c (pprint): Fix typo in header. Sheesh.
+
2014-10-04 Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
* profile.c (pp_string_fp): Fix breaklines case to actually
diff --git a/profile.c b/profile.c
index 84e7f9d..a5ed381 100644
--- a/profile.c
+++ b/profile.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ pprint(INSTRUCTION *startp, INSTRUCTION *endp, bool
in_for_header)
if (rule != Rule) {
if (! rule_count[rule]++)
- fprintf(prof_fp, _("\t# %s
rules(s)\n\n"), ruletab[rule]);
+ fprintf(prof_fp, _("\t# %s
rule(s)\n\n"), ruletab[rule]);
fprintf(prof_fp, "\t%s {\n", ruletab[rule]);
ip = (pc + 1)->firsti;
} else {
diff --git a/test/ChangeLog b/test/ChangeLog
index caee294..28c936d 100644
--- a/test/ChangeLog
+++ b/test/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-10-05 Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
+
+ * profile2.ok, profile3.ok, profile4.ok, profile5.ok:
+ Adjusted after minor code change. Again.
+
2014-10-04 Arnold D. Robbins <address@hidden>
* Makefile.am (genpot): New test.
diff --git a/test/profile2.ok b/test/profile2.ok
index 66b0140..938d685 100644
--- a/test/profile2.ok
+++ b/test/profile2.ok
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- # BEGIN rules(s)
+ # BEGIN rule(s)
BEGIN {
1 if (sortcmd == "") {
diff --git a/test/profile3.ok b/test/profile3.ok
index 5a9eeea..bbf0654 100644
--- a/test/profile3.ok
+++ b/test/profile3.ok
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- # BEGIN rules(s)
+ # BEGIN rule(s)
BEGIN {
1 the_func = "p"
diff --git a/test/profile4.ok b/test/profile4.ok
index df52aa1..dd845c1 100644
--- a/test/profile4.ok
+++ b/test/profile4.ok
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- # BEGIN rules(s)
+ # BEGIN rule(s)
BEGIN {
a = "foo" (c = "bar")
diff --git a/test/profile5.ok b/test/profile5.ok
index c688fbb..bff767e 100644
--- a/test/profile5.ok
+++ b/test/profile5.ok
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- # BEGIN rules(s)
+ # BEGIN rule(s)
BEGIN {
_addlib("_BASE")
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
_END()
}
- # END rules(s)
+ # END rule(s)
END {
_EXIT()
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Summary of changes:
ChangeLog | 4 +
doc/ChangeLog | 4 +
doc/gawk.info | 1089 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
doc/gawk.texi | 30 +-
doc/gawktexi.in | 30 +-
profile.c | 2 +-
test/ChangeLog | 5 +
test/profile2.ok | 2 +-
test/profile3.ok | 2 +-
test/profile4.ok | 2 +-
test/profile5.ok | 4 +-
11 files changed, 602 insertions(+), 572 deletions(-)
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