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Re: more doc syncs
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Eric Blake |
Subject: |
Re: more doc syncs |
Date: |
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:43:40 +0000 (UTC) |
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Eric Blake <ebb9 <at> byu.net> writes:
>
> This gets another couple of nodes ported to head, and fixes an
> undocumented option.
And was wrong in its description of -o. Checking in this followup (the Dumpdef
node was already correct).
2006-08-16 Eric Blake <address@hidden>
* doc/m4.texinfo (Invoking m4, Debug Output): Fix wording to be
clear that dumpdef does not always go to stderr.
Index: doc/m4.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/m4/m4/doc/m4.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1.2.66
diff -u -r1.1.1.1.2.66 m4.texinfo
--- doc/m4.texinfo 15 Aug 2006 13:51:47 -0000 1.1.1.1.2.66
+++ doc/m4.texinfo 16 Aug 2006 14:41:50 -0000
@@ -567,10 +567,11 @@
@item -o @var{FILE}
@itemx address@hidden
-Redirect debug and trace output to the named @var{FILE}. Warnings,
-error messages, and the output of @code{errprint} and @code{dumpdef},
-are still printed to standard error. @xref{Debug Output}, for more
-details.
+Redirect @code{dumpdef} output, debug messages, and trace output to the
+named @var{FILE}. Warnings, error messages, and @code{errprint} output
+are still printed to standard error. If unspecified, debug output goes
+to standard error; if empty, debug output is discarded. @xref{Debug
+Output}, for more details.
@item -t @var{NAME}
@itemx address@hidden
@@ -2235,7 +2236,8 @@
Sends all further debug and trace output to @var{file}. If
@var{file} is empty, debug and trace output are discarded. If
@code{debugfile} is called without any arguments, debug and trace output
-are sent to standard error. This does not affect warnings, which are
+are sent to standard error. This does not affect warnings, error
+messages, or @code{errprint} output, which are
always sent to standard error. If @var{file} cannot be opened, the
current debug file is unchanged.
- more doc syncs, Eric Blake, 2006/08/14
- Re: more doc syncs,
Eric Blake <=