Re: du --files-from feature request

[Andreas Schwab]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

> @@ -2424,11 +2424,11 @@ pr invocation
>  Optional argument @var{number-separator} is the character appended to
>  the line number to separate it from the text followed.  The default
>  separator is the TAB character.  In a strict sense a TAB is always
> -printed with single column output only.  The @var{TAB}-width varies
> -with the @var{TAB}-position, e.g., with the left @var{margin} specified
> +printed with single column output only.  The @var{tab}-width varies
> +with the @var{tab}-position, e.g., with the left @var{margin} specified
>  by @option{-o} option.  With multicolumn output priority is given to
>  @samp{equal width of output columns} (a @acronym{POSIX} specification).
> -The @var{TAB}-width is fixed to the value of the first column and does
> +The @var{tab}-width is fixed to the value of the first column and does
>  not change with different values of left @var{margin}.  That means a
>  fixed number of spaces is always printed in the place of the
>  @var{number-separator tab}.  The tabification depends upon the output

IMHO, the @var annotation should be dropped (or changed to @sc), since
TAB is not a variable in this context.  Also, @var{number-separator tab}
is not a proper use of @var.

Andreas.

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