> --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Bug#342173: ascii.7.gz: mention what EOT,ENQ, etc. stand for > Datum: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 23:02:23 +0800 > > >> Mention what ...EOT,ENQ... stand for > M> Why do you think this is needed? > Many have meanings right until today.
Agreed. > E.g., > It would be great to know that BS meant backspace. > For the others, "let's not rob the next generation of this historical > connection". I don't think the absence of this information will be "robbing the next generation"... The information is available in many places. Dan, you may wonder why I'm resistant to the change: the problem is that it would lengthen the page considerably (would need to go from a two-column table to a single-column table to fit the extra info), and I'm not (yet) convinced if that disadvantage is worthwhile. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/linux-local/manpages/ and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
