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Re: Formatting of packet descriptions in GDB manual
On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 06:29:10AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:29:55 -0500
> > From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> > Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com, Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
> >
> > > This is a misunderstanding: by ``typeset separately'' I meant `z 3'
> > > (as opposed to `z3'), not `z'`3'.
> >
> > Yes, I understand. But then you still can't search for the text of the
> > packet.
>
> Assuming you expect the text of the packet to contain "z3", yes. If
> this assumption holds for many GDB users, then we shouldn't separate
> the characters. That's exactly the kind of information I didn't feel
> to possess in order to make a good decision.
OK. In that case, yes, that's what I'd assume; I'd even call it a z3
packet in conversation.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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