commit:     5fd849af91969bf6262004ff59cc65ac5c40811c
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Tue May 22 17:03:39 2018 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Tue May 22 17:03:39 2018 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/pms.git/commit/?id=5fd849af

pkg-mgr-commands.tex: Two small fixes for version commands.

Version separators can consist of several characters. Clarify this
in the regexp accordingly.

A range of components or separators is not a "range of versions".
Say "range" only, because the meaning is clear from context.

 pkg-mgr-commands.tex | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkg-mgr-commands.tex b/pkg-mgr-commands.tex
index 01c0c6d..be05322 100644
--- a/pkg-mgr-commands.tex
+++ b/pkg-mgr-commands.tex
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ a series of version components and version separators.
 
 A version component consists either purely of digits (\t{[0-9]+}) or purely of 
uppercase and
 lowercase ASCII letters (\t{[A-Za-z]+}). A version separator is either a 
string of any other
-characters (\t{[\textasciicircum A-Za-z0-9]}) or it occurs at the transition 
between a sequence
+characters (\t{[\textasciicircum A-Za-z0-9]+}), or it occurs at the transition 
between a sequence
 of digits and a sequence of letters, or vice versa. In the latter case, the 
version separator is
 an empty string.
 
@@ -948,8 +948,8 @@ followed by a hyphen (\t{-}), which in turn is optionally 
followed by another un
 
 A single integer specifies a single component or separator index. An integer 
followed by a hyphen
 specifies all components or separators starting with the one at the specified 
index. Two integers
-separated by a hyphen specify a range of versions starting at the index 
specified by the first
-and ending at the second, inclusively.
+separated by a hyphen specify a range starting at the index specified by the 
first and ending at
+the second, inclusively.
 
 \begin{description}
 \item[ver_cut] Takes a range as the first argument, and optionally a version 
string as the second.

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