From f0de24e53fe8f8b7bc0b0b32444fa6fa447570e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:28:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix footnote formats * doc/coreutils.texi: Reword footnote, or put it right next to previous punctuation. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 35fde52892..c02ff4ed93 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -1215,8 +1215,8 @@ Since the @var{user} and @var{group} arguments to these commands may be specified as names or numeric IDs, there is an apparent ambiguity. What if a user or group @emph{name} is a string of digits? -@footnote{Using a number as a user name is common in some environments.} Should the command interpret it as a user name or as an ID@? +(Using a number as a user name is common in some environments.) POSIX requires that these commands first attempt to resolve the specified string as a name, and only once that fails, then try to interpret it as an ID@. @@ -6601,9 +6601,9 @@ $ join -t, -j3 file1.sorted file2.sorted > file3 @end example @noindent -To specify a tab (@sc{ascii} 0x09) character instead of whitespace, use -@footnote{the @code{$'\t'} is supported in most modern shells. -For older shells, use a literal tab}: +To specify a tab (@sc{ascii} 0x09) character instead of whitespace, +use:@footnote{the @code{$'\t'} is supported in most modern shells. +For older shells, use a literal tab.} @example @group -- 2.47.2