Defect in manual section "Here Strings"

2015-11-11 Thread dietmar.schindler
In the section https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Here-Strings there is no mention (as far as I can see, it doesn't follow from the documented expansions etc.) that the result is terminated with a newline (see e. g. od <<<''). This puzzles users and leads to speculation - see e.

Re: Bug in bash 4.4-beta: suspending and restarting "man" program

2015-11-11 Thread Andreas Schwab
Keith Thompson writes: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Andreas Schwab > wrote: > >> Chet Ramey writes: >> >> > I can make bash blow away the original signal dispositions and pretend >> they >> > were SIG_DFL when an interactive shell starts, if there is no >> alternative. >> >> Given that lo

Re: Defect in manual section "Here Strings"

2015-11-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 08:00:28AM +, dietmar.schind...@manroland-web.com wrote: > The result with a newline appended is supplied as a single string to > the command on its standard input. That wording is a bit clumsy. I would suggest: The result is suppled as a single stri

Re: Defect in manual section "Here Strings"

2015-11-11 Thread Chet Ramey
On 11/11/15 3:00 AM, dietmar.schind...@manroland-web.com wrote: > In the section > https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Here-Strings there is no > mention (as far as I can see, it doesn't follow from the documented > expansions etc.) that the result is terminated with a newline (se

AW: Defect in manual section "Here Strings"

2015-11-11 Thread dietmar.schindler
> Von: Greg Wooledge [mailto:wool...@eeg.ccf.org] > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. November 2015 14:11 > > ... > > That wording is a bit clumsy. I would suggest: > > The result is suppled as a single string, with a newline appended, > to the command on its standard input. I have no objection

Re: Bug in bash 4.4-beta: suspending and restarting "man" program

2015-11-11 Thread Chet Ramey
On 11/10/15 10:03 PM, Keith Thompson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Keith Thompson > wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Andreas Schwab > wrote: > > Chet Ramey mailto:chet.ra...@case.edu>> writes:

Re: Bug in bash 4.4-beta: suspending and restarting "man" program

2015-11-11 Thread Keith Thompson
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 11/10/15 10:03 PM, Keith Thompson wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Keith Thompson < > keithsthomp...@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Andreas Schwab < > sch...@l

Re: Bug in bash 4.4-beta: suspending and restarting "man" program

2015-11-11 Thread Keith Thompson
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Keith Thompson wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Chet Ramey wrote: > >> On 11/10/15 10:03 PM, Keith Thompson wrote: >> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Keith Thompson < >> keithsthomp...@gmail.com >> > > wrote: >> > >>