On 05/19/17 13:28, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Fri, 19 May 2017 03:26:08 -0700
> Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> escreveu:
> 
>> On Thu, 2017-05-18 at 22:25 -0300, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
>>> Each text file under Documentation follows a different
>>> format. Some doesn't even have titles!
>>>
>>> Change its representation to follow the adopted standard,
>>> using ReST markups for it to be parseable by Sphinx:
>>>
>>> - add a title for the document;
>>> - add markups for section titles;
>>> - move authorship to the beginning and use :Author:;
>>> - use right markup for tables;
>>> - mark literals and literal blocks.  
>>
>> I think the .rst markup is far uglier to read as text
>> and harder to modify for new additions to %p<foo>
>> given column alignments.
>>
>> For instance below, but other than that, the .rst
>> is easier to read.
>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt 
>>> b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt  
>> []
>>> @@ -1,139 +1,180 @@
>>> -If variable is of Type,            use printk format specifier:
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>> -           int                     %d or %x
>>> -           unsigned int            %u or %x
>>> -           long                    %ld or %lx
>>> -           unsigned long           %lu or %lx
>>> -           long long               %lld or %llx
>>> -           unsigned long long      %llu or %llx
>>> -           size_t                  %zu or %zx
>>> -           ssize_t                 %zd or %zx
>>> -           s32                     %d or %x
>>> -           u32                     %u or %x
>>> -           s64                     %lld or %llx
>>> -           u64                     %llu or %llx  
>> []
>>> +======================= ===========================
>>> +If variable is of Type     use printk format specifier
>>> +======================= ===========================
>>> +``int``                    ``%d or %x``
>>> +``unsigned int``   ``%u or %x``
>>> +``long``           ``%ld or %lx``
>>> +``unsigned long``  ``%lu or %lx``
>>> +``long long``              ``%lld or %llx``
>>> +``unsigned long long``     ``%llu or %llx``
>>> +``size_t``         ``%zu or %zx``
>>> +``ssize_t``                ``%zd or %zx``
>>> +``s32``                    ``%d or %x``
>>> +``u32``                    ``%u or %x``
>>> +``s64``                    ``%lld or %llx``
>>> +``u64``                    ``%llu or %llx``
>>> +======================= ===========================  
> 
> Well, we could,instead, use literal blocks, e. g. something like:
> 
> ::
> 
>  -If variable is of Type,             use printk format specifier:
>  ----------------------------------------------------------
>  -            int                     %d or %x
>  -            unsigned int            %u or %x
>  -            long                    %ld or %lx
>  -            unsigned long           %lu or %lx
>  -            long long               %lld or %llx
>  -            unsigned long long      %llu or %llx
>  -            size_t                  %zu or %zx
>  -            ssize_t                 %zd or %zx
>  -            s32                     %d or %x
>  -            u32                     %u or %x
>  -            s64                     %lld or %llx
>  -            u64                     %llu or %llx  
> 

I like that latter option.

thanks.
-- 
~Randy

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