0001658: spell 'white space' consistently - Austin Group Defect Tracker

Notes
(0006244) geoffclare (manager) 2023-04-03 10:02 edited on: 2023-06-05 16:22	On page 3066 line 102981 section m4, and page 3066 line 102983 section m4, change: whitespace characters to: white-space characters On page 3112 line 104875 section make, change: all whitespace at to: all white space at On page 3114 line 104946 section make, change: each whitespace-separated word to: each white-space-separated word (I can only find the above four uses of "whitespace"; if there really is a fifth, please give the page and line number.)

(0006247) rillig (reporter) 2023-04-03 15:36	The fifth instance may be on page 3689 lines 126884 to 126885. Since it includes a line break, it may be spelled 'whitespace' or 'white-space', that's something I cannot see from the rendered PDF version. But since there are only few hyphenations elsewhere, I assume that hyphenation is disabled in the original document. In that case, the 4 uses you found are indeed all.

(0006250) geoffclare (manager) 2023-04-03 16:36	> Since it includes a line break, it may be spelled 'whitespace' or 'white-space' The corresponding line in the troff source is: (such as the shell using white-space characters to delimit arguments,

(0006252) kre (reporter) 2023-04-03 17:04	When working on this bug, please also consider whether make implementations (in general) use "white space" in accordance with the definitions in XBD 3.412 (for "white space") and 3.414 (for "white-space"), or whether some have a more restricted syntax allowed, in which case (if the make page doesn't already redefine those terms) perhaps more care needs to be given to exactly how they are used. Note: this note is not intended to be any specific objection to anything, I haven't read the make spec, and don't intend to (current versions of make, all of them, annoy me) just pointing out something to be aware of, and perhaps check ... many man pages (etc) say "white space" when they really just mean space or tab (and sometimes newline) and don't intend (the code does not implement) the full range of characters that the XBD definitions require.

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2023-03-31 09:40	rillig	New Issue
2023-03-31 09:40	rillig	Name	=> Roland Illig
2023-03-31 09:40	rillig	Section	=> (several)
2023-03-31 09:40	rillig	Page Number	=> (several)
2023-03-31 09:40	rillig	Line Number	=> (several)
2023-04-03 10:02	geoffclare	Note Added: 0006244
2023-04-03 15:36	rillig	Note Added: 0006247
2023-04-03 16:36	geoffclare	Note Added: 0006250
2023-04-03 17:04	kre	Note Added: 0006252
2023-06-05 16:21	geoffclare	Note Edited: 0006244
2023-06-05 16:22	geoffclare	Note Edited: 0006244
2023-06-05 16:22	geoffclare	Final Accepted Text	=> Note: 0006244
2023-06-05 16:22	geoffclare	Status	New => Resolved
2023-06-05 16:22	geoffclare	Resolution	Open => Accepted As Marked
2023-06-05 16:23	geoffclare	Tag Attached: issue8
2023-06-27 14:56	geoffclare	Status	Resolved => Applied
2023-06-27 14:56	geoffclare	Tag Attached: applied_after_i8d3
2024-06-11 09:12	agadmin	Status	Applied => Closed

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