Re: Context sensitivity of the word "parameter" in the section of "Parameter Expansion"

[Peng Yu]

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 6:35 AM Chris Elvidge <celvidge001@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/05/2021 12:14 am, Peng Yu wrote:
> > There can be many ways to solve it. I am not sure what is the best way.
> >
> > But a central table should be better than scattered text throughout
> > the text. It is certainly better than nothing.
> >
> > Each section describing a feature affected by history expansion should
> > have a reference to the central table.
> >
> > I don't think omitting it and hoping readers be able to derive it
> > based on how bash works are the best way for writing the manual.
> >
> > On 5/9/21, Lawrence Velázquez <vq@larryv.me> wrote:
> >> On Sun, May 9, 2021, at 5:28 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> >>> On 5/9/21, Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> wrote:
> >>>> On 5/9/21 2:51 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> >>>>> My point is the manual is not clear. It is not how to make it work in
> >>>>> this
> >>>>> case.
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not sure what you want here. This has nothing to do with Parameter
> >>>> Expansion, and the HISTORY EXPANSION section of the bash manual notes
> >>>> that:
> >>>
> >>> Since history expansion how parameter expansion is interpreted. I'd
> >>> say it is not "has nothing to do". The manual can be made clear on
> >>> this interference in the Parameter Expansion section.
> >>
> >> By virtue of modifying the input stream, history expansion has an
> >> effect on literally everything else that occurs subsequently, such
> >> as arithmetic substitution and pathname expansion.  Should every
> >> single section of the manual warn about history expansion?
> >>
> >> --
> >> vq
> >>
> >
> >
>
> As you feel so strongly about errors and omissions in the documentation,
> why do you not start rectifying them by submitting patches to the
> maintainers?



I don't feel strongly about anything. I merely point out of the deficiency
while I am examine the manual in detail as I feel that I don't fully
understand how bash parsing works under the hood.

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> Chris Elvidge
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Regards,
Peng