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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index 1fb343de..f2b455b4 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -1731,6 +1731,16 @@ another key, at the same time. For example, a @kbd{Ctrl-d} is typed by first pressing and holding the @kbd{CONTROL} key, next pressing the @kbd{d} key and finally releasing both keys. +@ifset FOR_PRINT +@quotation NOTE +Notes of interest look like this. +@end quotation + +@quotation CAUTION +Cautionary or warning notes look like this. +@end quotation +@end ifset + @c fakenode --- for prepinfo @unnumberedsubsec Dark Corners @cindex Kernighan, Brian @@ -9022,6 +9032,8 @@ and then to print the multibyte encoding of that character. Similarly, when printing a numeric value, @command{gawk} allows the value to be within the numeric range of values that can be held in a wide character. +If the conversion to multibyte encoding fails, @command{gawk} +uses the low eight bits of the value as the character to print. Other @command{awk} versions generally restrict themselves to printing the first byte of a string or to numeric values within the range of @@ -21326,7 +21338,9 @@ to either update @code{ARGIND} on your own or modify this code as appropriate. The @code{rewind()} function also relies on the @code{nextfile} keyword -(@pxref{Nextfile Statement}). +(@pxref{Nextfile Statement}). Because of this, you should not call it +from an @code{ENDFILE} rule. (This isn't necessary anyway, since as soon +as an @code{ENDFILE} rule finishes @command{gawk} goes to the next file!) @node File Checking @subsection Checking for Readable @value{DDF}s @@ -31872,8 +31886,8 @@ need to test for a @code{NULL} value. @command{gawk} sets @code{*errcode} to zero, so there is no need to set it unless an error occurs. If an error does occur, the function should return @code{EOF} and set -@code{*errcode} to a non-zero value. In that case, if @code{*errcode} -does not equal @minus{}1, @command{gawk} automatically updates +@code{*errcode} to a value greater than zero. In that case, if @code{*errcode} +does not equal zero, @command{gawk} automatically updates the @code{ERRNO} variable based on the value of @code{*errcode}. (In general, setting @samp{*errcode = errno} should do the right thing.) @@ -35378,6 +35392,16 @@ GCC for VAX and Alpha has not been tested for a while. @end itemize +@item +Support for the following obsolete systems was removed from the code +and the documentation for @command{gawk} @value{PVERSION} 4.1: + +@c nested table +@itemize @value{MINUS} +@item +Ultrix +@end itemize + @end itemize @c XXX ADD MORE STUFF HERE |