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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi index cd7d88a9..bc4f4459 100644 --- a/doc/gawk.texi +++ b/doc/gawk.texi @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ particular records in a file and perform operations upon them. * Field Splitting Summary:: Some final points and a summary table. * Constant Size:: Reading constant width data. * Splitting By Content:: Defining Fields By Content -* Multiple Line:: Reading multi-line records. +* Multiple Line:: Reading multiline records. * Getline:: Reading files under explicit program control using the @code{getline} function. @@ -554,9 +554,9 @@ particular records in a file and perform operations upon them. @command{awk}. * Uninitialized Subscripts:: Using Uninitialized variables as subscripts. -* Multi-dimensional:: Emulating multidimensional arrays in +* Multidimensional:: Emulating multidimensional arrays in @command{awk}. -* Multi-scanning:: Scanning multidimensional arrays. +* Multiscanning:: Scanning multidimensional arrays. * Arrays of Arrays:: True multidimensional arrays. * Built-in:: Summarizes the built-in functions. * Calling Built-in:: How to call built-in functions. @@ -2618,7 +2618,7 @@ learn in this @value{DOCUMENT}. If you are using the stand-alone version of Info, see @ref{Extract Program}, for an @command{awk} program that extracts these data files from -@file{gawk.texi}, the Texinfo source file for this Info file. +@file{gawk.texi}, the (generated) Texinfo source file for this Info file. @end ifinfo @node Very Simple @@ -5582,7 +5582,7 @@ used with it do not have to be named on the @command{awk} command line * Field Separators:: The field separator and how to change it. * Constant Size:: Reading constant width data. * Splitting By Content:: Defining Fields By Content -* Multiple Line:: Reading multi-line records. +* Multiple Line:: Reading multiline records. * Getline:: Reading files under explicit program control using the @code{getline} function. * Read Timeout:: Reading input with a timeout. @@ -13402,7 +13402,7 @@ exclusively on the value of @code{FS}. @item FS This is the input field separator (@pxref{Field Separators}). -The value is a single-character string or a multi-character regular +The value is a single-character string or a multicharacter regular expression that matches the separations between fields in an input record. If the value is the null string (@code{""}), then each character in the record becomes a separate field. @@ -13548,7 +13548,7 @@ This is the subscript separator. It has the default value of @code{"\034"} and is used to separate the parts of the indices of a multidimensional array. Thus, the expression @code{@w{foo["A", "B"]}} really accesses @code{foo["A\034B"]} -(@pxref{Multi-dimensional}). +(@pxref{Multidimensional}). @cindex @command{gawk}, @code{TEXTDOMAIN} variable in @cindex @code{TEXTDOMAIN} variable @@ -14232,7 +14232,7 @@ same @command{awk} program. * Numeric Array Subscripts:: How to use numbers as subscripts in @command{awk}. * Uninitialized Subscripts:: Using Uninitialized variables as subscripts. -* Multi-dimensional:: Emulating multidimensional arrays in +* Multidimensional:: Emulating multidimensional arrays in @command{awk}. * Arrays of Arrays:: True multidimensional arrays. @end menu @@ -15025,11 +15025,11 @@ Even though it is somewhat unusual, the null string if @option{--lint} is provided on the command line (@pxref{Options}). -@node Multi-dimensional +@node Multidimensional @section Multidimensional Arrays @menu -* Multi-scanning:: Scanning multidimensional arrays. +* Multiscanning:: Scanning multidimensional arrays. @end menu @cindex subscripts in arrays, multidimensional @@ -15127,7 +15127,7 @@ the program produces the following output: 3 2 1 6 @end example -@node Multi-scanning +@node Multiscanning @subsection Scanning Multidimensional Arrays There is no special @code{for} statement for scanning a @@ -20391,7 +20391,7 @@ The discussion that follows walks through the code a bit at a time: # <c> a character representing the current option # Private Data: -# _opti -- index in multi-flag option, e.g., -abc +# _opti -- index in multiflag option, e.g., -abc @c endfile @end example @@ -23820,7 +23820,7 @@ Lines containing @samp{@@group} and @samp{@@end group} are simply removed. (@pxref{Join Function}). The example programs in the online Texinfo source for @cite{@value{TITLE}} -(@file{gawk.texi}) have all been bracketed inside @samp{file} and +(@file{gawktexi.in}) have all been bracketed inside @samp{file} and @samp{endfile} lines. The @command{gawk} distribution uses a copy of @file{extract.awk} to extract the sample programs and install many of them in a standard directory where @command{gawk} can find them. @@ -32347,7 +32347,7 @@ Return zero if there were no errors, otherwise return @minus{}1. The @code{fts()} function provides a hook to the C library @code{fts()} routines for traversing file hierarchies. Instead of returning data -about one file at a time in a stream, it fills in a multi-dimensional +about one file at a time in a stream, it fills in a multidimensional array with data about each file and directory encountered in the requested hierarchies. @@ -32448,7 +32448,7 @@ be more comfortable to use from an @command{awk} program. This includes the lack of a comparison function, since @command{gawk} already provides powerful array sorting facilities. While an @code{fts_read()}-like interface could have been provided, this felt less natural than simply -creating a multi-dimensional array to represent the file hierarchy and +creating a multidimensional array to represent the file hierarchy and its information. @end quotation @@ -33106,7 +33106,7 @@ Multiple @code{BEGIN} and @code{END} rules @item Multidimensional arrays -(@pxref{Multi-dimensional}). +(@pxref{Multidimensional}). @end itemize @c ENDOFRANGE gawkv1 @@ -33918,6 +33918,10 @@ The modifications to convert @command{gawk} into a byte-code interpreter, including the debugger. @item +The addition of true multidimensional arrays. +@ref{Arrays of Arrays}. + +@item The additional modifications for support of arbitrary precision arithmetic. @item @@ -33930,6 +33934,10 @@ into one, for the 4.1 release. @item Improved array internals for arrays indexed by integers. + +@item +The improved array sorting features were driven by John together +with Pat Rankin. @end itemize @item @@ -34148,12 +34156,20 @@ The @command{troff} source for a manual page describing @command{gawk}. This is distributed for the convenience of Unix users. @cindex Texinfo -@item doc/gawk.texi +@item doc/gawktexi.in +@itemx doc/sidebar.awk The Texinfo source file for this @value{DOCUMENT}. -It should be processed with @TeX{} -(via @command{texi2dvi} or @command{texi2pdf}) +It should be processed by @file{doc/sidebar.awk} +before processing with @TeX{} +It should be processed with to produce a printed document, and with @command{makeinfo} to produce an Info or HTML file. +The @file{Makefile} takes care of this processing and produces +printable output via @command{texi2dvi} or @command{texi2pdf}. + +@item doc/gawk.texi +The file produced after processing @file{gawktexi.in} +with @file{sidebar.awk}. @item doc/gawk.info The generated Info file for this @value{DOCUMENT}. @@ -34192,6 +34208,7 @@ the @file{Makefile.in} files used by @command{autoconf} and @item Makefile.in @itemx aclocal.m4 +@itemx config.guess @itemx configh.in @itemx configure.ac @itemx configure @@ -36055,7 +36072,7 @@ in order to loop over all the element in an easy fashion for C code. @item The ability to create arrays (including @command{gawk}'s true -multi-dimensional arrays). +multidimensional arrays). @end itemize @end itemize @@ -38541,6 +38558,7 @@ Consistency issues: Use MS-Windows not MS Windows Use MS-DOS not MS-DOS Use an empty set of parentheses after built-in and awk function names. + Use "multiFOO" without a hyphen. Date: Wed, 13 Apr 94 15:20:52 -0400 From: rms@gnu.org (Richard Stallman) |