gnustandards ChangeLog standards.texi

[Karl Berry]

CVSROOT:        /sources/gnustandards
Module name:    gnustandards
Changes by:     Karl Berry <karl>       12/01/09 00:06:00

Modified files:
        .              : ChangeLog standards.texi 

Log message:
        (Errors): avoid - in @var names

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/ChangeLog?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.151&r2=1.152
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/standards.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.211&r2=1.212

Patches:
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.151
retrieving revision 1.152
diff -u -b -r1.151 -r1.152
--- ChangeLog   31 Dec 2011 23:48:43 -0000      1.151
+++ ChangeLog   9 Jan 2012 00:06:00 -0000       1.152
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-01-08  Karl Berry  <address@hidden>
+
+       * standards.texi (Errors): avoid -'s in metavariable names,
+       too easily confused with the literal -'s in the formats.
+       Suggestion from Per Bothner.
+
 2011-12-31  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
 
        * standards.texi (Quote Characters): change to recommending

Index: standards.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/standards.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.211
retrieving revision 1.212
diff -u -b -r1.211 -r1.212
--- standards.texi      31 Dec 2011 23:48:43 -0000      1.211
+++ standards.texi      9 Jan 2012 00:06:00 -0000       1.212
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename standards.info
 @settitle GNU Coding Standards
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
address@hidden lastupdate December 31, 2011
address@hidden lastupdate January 8, 2012
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 The GNU coding standards, last updated @value{lastupdate}.
 
 Copyright @copyright{} 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,
+2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -751,15 +751,15 @@
 Error messages from compilers should look like this:
 
 @example
address@hidden:@var{lineno}: @var{message}
address@hidden:@var{lineno}: @var{message}
 @end example
 
 @noindent
 If you want to mention the column number, use one of these formats:
 
 @example
address@hidden:@var{lineno}:@var{column}: @var{message}
address@hidden:@address@hidden: @var{message}
address@hidden:@var{lineno}:@var{column}: @var{message}
address@hidden:@address@hidden: @var{message}
 
 @end example
 
@@ -779,22 +779,22 @@
 Here are the possible formats:
 
 @example
address@hidden:@address@hidden@address@hidden: @var{message}
address@hidden:@address@hidden@var{column-2}: @var{message}
address@hidden:@address@hidden: @var{message}
address@hidden:@address@hidden@address@hidden: @var{message}
address@hidden:@address@hidden@var{column2}: @var{message}
address@hidden:@address@hidden: @var{message}
 @end example
 
 @noindent
 When an error is spread over several files, you can use this format:
 
 @example
address@hidden:@address@hidden@var{file-2}:@address@hidden: @var{message}
address@hidden:@address@hidden@var{file2}:@address@hidden: @var{message}
 @end example
 
 Error messages from other noninteractive programs should look like this:
 
 @example
address@hidden:@var{source-file-name}:@var{lineno}: @var{message}
address@hidden:@var{sourcefile}:@var{lineno}: @var{message}
 @end example
 
 @noindent
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@
 If you want to mention the column number, use this format:
 
 @example
address@hidden:@var{source-file-name}:@var{lineno}:@var{column}: @var{message}
address@hidden:@var{sourcefile}:@var{lineno}:@var{column}: @var{message}
 @end example
 
 In an interactive program (one that is reading commands from a