[debbugs-tracker] bug#11933: closed (ambiguous "stty --help" text)

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> ambiguous "stty --help" text
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> Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:53:14 +0200
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> Hi coreutils maintainers,
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> "stty --help" produces the output
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>    [-]parodd     set odd parity (even with `-')
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> When looking at the code and "man termios", which says:
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>        PARODD If set, then parity for input and output is odd; otherwise
>               even parity is used.
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> it is clear that option '-parodd' means the opposite of option 'parodd'.
> But the German translator misunderstood this line twice (even after being
> pointed to the fact that it's ambiguous), as if it was
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>    [-]parodd     set odd parity (believe it or not, also with `-')
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> Can this ambiguity please be fixed at the root, in the English source
> code? Here is a proposed patch (apply with "patch -p0"):
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> 2012-07-13  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>
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>         stty: Clarify meaning of '-parodd'.
>         * src/stty.c (usage): Disambiguate explanation of -parodd.
>         Reported by Michael Stummvoll <address@hidden>.
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> --- src/stty.c.orig     Fri Jul 13 15:44:17 2012
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> @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
>     [-]hup        send a hangup signal when the last process closes the tty\n\
>     [-]hupcl      same as [-]hup\n\
>     [-]parenb     generate parity bit in output and expect parity bit in 
> input\n\
> -   [-]parodd     set odd parity (even with '-')\n\
> +   [-]parodd     set odd parity (or even parity with '-')\n\
>  "), stdout);
>        fputs (_("\
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> On 07/13/2012 02:53 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> > Hi coreutils maintainers,
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> > "stty --help" produces the output
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> >    [-]parodd     set odd parity (even with `-')
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> > When looking at the code and "man termios", which says:
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> >        PARODD If set, then parity for input and output is odd; otherwise
> >               even parity is used.
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> > it is clear that option '-parodd' means the opposite of option 'parodd'.
> > But the German translator misunderstood this line twice (even after being
> > pointed to the fact that it's ambiguous), as if it was
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> >    [-]parodd     set odd parity (believe it or not, also with `-')
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> :)
> Pushed.
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> thanks,
> Pádraig.
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