From: dick <none@none>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1989 15:33:49 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: correction lint.1
X-Git-Tag: release-5-5~2260
X-Git-Url: https://git.ndcode.org/public/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=53fe78afae6bd4ae51f3f0ddfcdbf1fbed8e9fa1;p=ack.git

correction lint.1
---

diff --git a/lang/cem/lint/lpass2/lint.1 b/lang/cem/lint/lpass2/lint.1
index 7a3f624cb..2d4ade34c 100644
--- a/lang/cem/lint/lpass2/lint.1
+++ b/lang/cem/lint/lpass2/lint.1
@@ -161,12 +161,16 @@ The \fIn\fR must follow the word VARARGS immediately.
 The \fIn\fP-th argument (counting from 0) of the  next function declaration
 corresponds to a
 .IR printf -like
-format string.  Details about the format are given between the $$. A missing
-$$ repeats the latest format.
+format string.  Details about the format are given between the $$; see below.
+A missing $$ repeats the latest format.
 The \fIn\fR must follow the word FORMAT immediately.
 /* FORMAT\fIn\fR $ ... $ */ implies /* VARARGS\fIn+1\fP */; if the format
 is followed by more required arguments, a separate /* VARARGS\fIm\fP */
 must be given after the FORMAT pseudo-comment.
+.IP
+If the printf-like heading also has to conform to some varargs.h convention,
+error messages may result; these can be suppressed by appending the letter v
+to the word FORMAT\fIn\fR without intervening space.
 .PP
 .I Formats
 .PP
@@ -195,6 +199,16 @@ is:
 	%c = int		%s = char *
 .br
 $ */
+.PP
+.I Output
+.PP
+Some users feel it is a good idea to pipe the output of
+.I lint
+through the command
+.br
+	sort \-t' ' +0d \-1 +2n \-3
+.br
+where the character between the apostrophes is a space.
 .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
 LINTFLAGS	additional flag arguments (e.g. LINTFLAGS=\-h)
 .br