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commit b4d532b81f9e5b129c58e54d2b7a0f1750edca72
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
Date: Mon Oct 9 09:26:00 2023 +0300
Update doc on \u.
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 389e76fc..9636f3f6 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2023-10-09 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+ * gawktexi.in (Escape Sequences): Clarify considerably how the
+ \u escape sequence works. Thanks to Eli Zaretskii for the push.
+
2023-10-04 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
* texinfo.tex: Updated from GNULIB.
diff --git a/doc/gawk.info b/doc/gawk.info
index 0cabdebf..0f3c7fe7 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.info
+++ b/doc/gawk.info
@@ -3756,18 +3756,20 @@ sequences apply to both string constants and regexp
constants:
digits are processed.
â\uHH...â
- The hexadecimal value HH, where HH stands for a sequence of
- hexadecimal digits (â0âââ9â, and either âAâââFâ or
âaâââfâ). A
- maximum of eight digits are allowed after the â\uâ. Any further
+ The hexadecimal value HH, where HH stands for a sequence of one or
+ more hexadecimal digits (â0âââ9â, and either âAâââFâ
or âaâââfâ).
+ A maximum of eight digits are allowed after the â\uâ. Any further
hexadecimal digits are treated as simple letters or numbers.
(c.e.) (The â\uâ escape sequence is not allowed in POSIX awk.)
This escape sequence is intended for designating a character in the
- Unicode character set. âgawkâ first converts the given digits into
- an integer and then translates the given âwide characterâ value
- into the current localeâs multibyte encoding (even if that is a not
- a Unicode locale). If the given bytes do not represent a valid
- character, the value becomes â"?"â.
+ current localeâs character set.(1) âgawkâ first converts the given
+ digits into an integer and then translates the given âwide
+ characterâ value into the current localeâs multibyte encoding. If
+ the wide character value does not represent a valid character, or
+ if the character is valid but cannot be encoded into the current
+ localeâs multibyte encoding, the value becomes â"?"â. âgawkâ
+ issues a warning message when this happens.
â\/â
A literal slash (should be used for regexp constants only). This
@@ -3843,6 +3845,11 @@ Options::), âgawkâ treats the characters represented
by octal and
hexadecimal escape sequences literally when used in regexp constants.
Thus, â/a\52b/â is equivalent to â/a\*b/â.
+ ---------- Footnotes ----------
+
+ (1) Typically, this is a Unicode-based locale, but it doesnât have to
+be.
+
File: gawk.info, Node: Regexp Operators, Next: Bracket Expressions, Prev:
Escape Sequences, Up: Regexp
@@ -36283,11 +36290,11 @@ Index
* \ (backslash), \NNN escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 56)
* \ (backslash), \x escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 61)
* \ (backslash), \u escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 76)
-* \ (backslash), \/ escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 90)
-* \ (backslash), \" escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 99)
-* \ (backslash), in escape sequences <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 117)
+* \ (backslash), \/ escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 92)
+* \ (backslash), \" escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 101)
+* \ (backslash), in escape sequences <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 119)
* \ (backslash), in escape sequences, POSIX and: Escape Sequences.
- (line 122)
+ (line 124)
* \ (backslash), regexp operator: Regexp Operator Details.
(line 14)
* \ (backslash), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 25)
@@ -36657,11 +36664,11 @@ Index
* backslash (\), \NNN escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 56)
* backslash (\), \x escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 61)
* backslash (\), \u escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 76)
-* backslash (\), \/ escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 90)
-* backslash (\), \" escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 99)
-* backslash (\), in escape sequences <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 117)
+* backslash (\), \/ escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 92)
+* backslash (\), \" escape sequence: Escape Sequences. (line 101)
+* backslash (\), in escape sequences <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 119)
* backslash (\), in escape sequences, POSIX and: Escape Sequences.
- (line 122)
+ (line 124)
* backslash (\), regexp operator: Regexp Operator Details.
(line 14)
* backslash (\), in bracket expressions: Bracket Expressions. (line 25)
@@ -36792,7 +36799,7 @@ Index
* Brennan, Michael <5>: Other Versions. (line 6)
* Brennan, Michael <6>: Other Versions. (line 39)
* Brian Kernighanâs awk: When. (line 21)
-* Brian Kernighanâs awk <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 126)
+* Brian Kernighanâs awk <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 128)
* Brian Kernighanâs awk <2>: GNU Regexp Operators.
(line 84)
* Brian Kernighanâs awk <3>: gawk split records. (line 71)
@@ -37080,7 +37087,7 @@ Index
* dark corner, empty programs: Command Line. (line 20)
* dark corner, escape sequences: Other Arguments. (line 46)
* dark corner, escape sequences, for metacharacters: Escape Sequences.
- (line 157)
+ (line 159)
* dark corner, input files: awk split records. (line 104)
* dark corner, strings, storing: gawk split records. (line 94)
* dark corner, NF variable, decrementing: Changing Fields. (line 107)
@@ -37922,8 +37929,8 @@ Index
* gawk, version of, printing information about: Options. (line 355)
* gawk, ARGIND variable in: Other Arguments. (line 21)
* gawk, PROCINFO array in: Other Arguments. (line 21)
-* gawk, escape sequences: Escape Sequences. (line 134)
-* gawk, escape sequences <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 134)
+* gawk, escape sequences: Escape Sequences. (line 136)
+* gawk, escape sequences <1>: Escape Sequences. (line 136)
* gawk, regular expressions, precedence: Regexp Operator Details.
(line 142)
* gawk, interval expressions and: Interval Expressions.
@@ -38441,7 +38448,7 @@ Index
* matching, expressions: Typing and Comparison.
(line 9)
* matching, null strings: String Functions. (line 575)
-* mawk utility: Escape Sequences. (line 134)
+* mawk utility: Escape Sequences. (line 136)
* mawk utility <1>: Getline/Pipe. (line 62)
* mawk utility <2>: Concatenation. (line 36)
* mawk utility <3>: Nextfile Statement. (line 47)
@@ -38459,7 +38466,7 @@ Index
* message object files, converting from portable object files: I18N Example.
(line 80)
* messages from extensions: Printing Messages. (line 6)
-* metacharacters, escape sequences for: Escape Sequences. (line 153)
+* metacharacters, escape sequences for: Escape Sequences. (line 155)
* metacharacters, in regular expressions: Regexp Operators. (line 6)
* minimum precision required by MPFR library: Auto-set. (line 279)
* Minshall, Greg: Getopt Function. (line 105)
@@ -38739,9 +38746,9 @@ Index
* portability, ARGV variable: Executable Scripts. (line 55)
* portability, backslash continuation and: Statements/Lines. (line 30)
* portability, POSIXLY_CORRECT environment variable: Options. (line 422)
-* portability: Escape Sequences. (line 117)
+* portability: Escape Sequences. (line 119)
* portability, backslash in escape sequences: Escape Sequences.
- (line 122)
+ (line 124)
* portability, data files as single record: gawk split records.
(line 77)
* portability, NF variable, decrementing: Changing Fields. (line 115)
@@ -38780,7 +38787,7 @@ Index
* POSIX awk: This Manual. (line 14)
* POSIX awk, GNU long options and: Options. (line 15)
* POSIX awk, backslashes in string constants: Escape Sequences.
- (line 122)
+ (line 124)
* POSIX awk, period (.), using: Regexp Operator Details.
(line 47)
* POSIX awk, regular expressions and: Regexp Operator Details.
@@ -39234,9 +39241,9 @@ Index
* sidebar, Quoting Shell Variables On The awk Command Line: Other Arguments.
(line 71)
* sidebar, Backslash Before Regular Characters: Escape Sequences.
- (line 120)
+ (line 122)
* sidebar, Escape Sequences for Metacharacters: Escape Sequences.
- (line 151)
+ (line 153)
* sidebar, What About The Empty Regexp?: Regexp Operator Details.
(line 149)
* sidebar, Using \n in Bracket Expressions of Dynamic Regexps: Computed
Regexps.
@@ -39501,7 +39508,7 @@ Index
(line 102)
* troubleshooting, --non-decimal-data option: Options. (line 261)
* troubleshooting, backslash before nonspecial character: Escape Sequences.
- (line 122)
+ (line 124)
* troubleshooting, regexp constants vs. string constants: Computed Regexps.
(line 40)
* troubleshooting, awk uses FS not IFS: Field Separators. (line 30)
@@ -39562,7 +39569,7 @@ Index
* Unix, awk scripts and: Executable Scripts. (line 6)
* Unix: Glossary. (line 747)
* Unix awk, backslashes in escape sequences: Escape Sequences.
- (line 134)
+ (line 136)
* Unix awk, password files, field separators and: Command Line Field Separator.
(line 62)
* Unix awk, close() function and: Close Return Value. (line 6)
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Node: Regexp173027
Node: Regexp Usage174521
Node: Escape Sequences176622
-Node: Regexp Operators183958
-Node: Regexp Operator Details184451
-Ref: Regexp Operator Details-Footnote-1192466
-Node: Interval Expressions192625
-Ref: Interval Expressions-Footnote-1194894
-Node: Bracket Expressions194994
-Ref: table-char-classes197554
-Node: Leftmost Longest201076
-Node: Computed Regexps202436
-Node: GNU Regexp Operators205959
-Node: Case-sensitivity209982
-Ref: Case-sensitivity-Footnote-1212939
-Ref: Case-sensitivity-Footnote-2213184
-Node: Regexp Summary213300
-Node: Reading Files214824
-Node: Records217141
-Node: awk split records218416
-Node: gawk split records223306
-Ref: gawk split records-Footnote-1228600
-Node: Fields228637
-Ref: Fields-Footnote-1231561
-Node: Nonconstant Fields231681
-Ref: Nonconstant Fields-Footnote-1233992
-Node: Changing Fields234208
-Node: Field Separators240516
-Node: Default Field Splitting243389
-Node: Regexp Field Splitting244532
-Node: Single Character Fields248361
-Node: Comma Separated Fields249450
-Ref: table-csv-examples250858
-Node: Command Line Field Separator253167
-Node: Full Line Fields256553
-Ref: Full Line Fields-Footnote-1258133
-Ref: Full Line Fields-Footnote-2258179
-Node: Field Splitting Summary258287
-Node: Constant Size260611
-Node: Fixed width data261355
-Node: Skipping intervening264874
-Node: Allowing trailing data265676
-Node: Fields with fixed data266741
-Node: Splitting By Content268367
-Ref: Splitting By Content-Footnote-1272643
-Node: More CSV272806
-Node: FS versus FPAT274459
-Node: Testing field creation275668
-Node: Multiple Line277446
-Node: Getline283928
-Node: Plain Getline286514
-Node: Getline/Variable289164
-Node: Getline/File290361
-Node: Getline/Variable/File291809
-Ref: Getline/Variable/File-Footnote-1293454
-Node: Getline/Pipe293550
-Node: Getline/Variable/Pipe296363
-Node: Getline/Coprocess297546
-Node: Getline/Variable/Coprocess298869
-Node: Getline Notes299635
-Node: Getline Summary302596
-Ref: table-getline-variants303040
-Node: Read Timeout303945
-Ref: Read Timeout-Footnote-1307909
-Node: Retrying Input307967
-Node: Command-line directories309234
-Node: Input Summary310172
-Node: Input Exercises313552
-Node: Printing313992
-Node: Print315935
-Node: Print Examples317441
-Node: Output Separators320294
-Node: OFMT322405
-Node: Printf324120
-Node: Basic Printf324925
-Node: Control Letters326561
-Node: Format Modifiers332030
-Node: Printf Examples338316
-Node: Redirection340861
-Node: Special FD347935
-Ref: Special FD-Footnote-1351225
-Node: Special Files351311
-Node: Other Inherited Files351940
-Node: Special Network353005
-Node: Special Caveats353893
-Node: Close Files And Pipes354876
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-Node: Close Return Value361168
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-Node: Noflush363433
-Node: Nonfatal364945
-Node: Output Summary367362
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-Node: Nondecimal-numbers374824
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-Node: Locale influences conversions395355
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-Node: Arithmetic Ops399489
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diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi
index 32f902e1..c4d3c884 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.texi
+++ b/doc/gawk.texi
@@ -5759,18 +5759,21 @@ are processed.
@cindex extensions @subentry common @subentry @code{\u} escape sequence
@item \u@var{hh}@dots{}
The hexadecimal value @var{hh}, where @var{hh} stands for a sequence
-of hexadecimal digits (@samp{0}--@samp{9}, and either @samp{A}--@samp{F}
-or @samp{a}--@samp{f}). A maximum of eight digits are allowed after
-the @samp{\u}. Any further hexadecimal digits are treated as simple
-letters or numbers. @value{COMMONEXT}
-(The @samp{\u} escape sequence is not allowed in POSIX awk.)
-
-This escape sequence is intended for designating a character in the
-Unicode character set. @command{gawk} first converts the given digits
-into an integer and then translates the given ``wide character''
-value into the current locale's multibyte encoding (even if that
-is a not a Unicode locale). If the given bytes do not represent
-a valid character, the value becomes @code{"?"}.
+of one or more hexadecimal digits (@samp{0}--@samp{9}, and either
+@samp{A}--@samp{F} or @samp{a}--@samp{f}). A maximum of eight digits
+are allowed after the @samp{\u}. Any further hexadecimal digits are
+treated as simple letters or numbers. @value{COMMONEXT} (The @samp{\u}
+escape sequence is not allowed in POSIX awk.)
+
+This escape sequence is intended for designating a character in
+the current locale's character set.@footnote{Typically, this is a
+Unicode-based locale, but it doesn't have to be.} @command{gawk} first
+converts the given digits into an integer and then translates the given
+``wide character'' value into the current locale's multibyte encoding. If
+the wide character value does not represent a valid character, or if
+the character is valid but cannot be encoded into the current locale's
+multibyte encoding, the value becomes @code{"?"}. @command{gawk} issues
+a warning message when this happens.
@cindex @code{\} (backslash) @subentry @code{\/} escape sequence
@cindex backslash (@code{\}) @subentry @code{\/} escape sequence
diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in
index f968c412..b7c2b34a 100644
--- a/doc/gawktexi.in
+++ b/doc/gawktexi.in
@@ -5621,18 +5621,21 @@ are processed.
@cindex extensions @subentry common @subentry @code{\u} escape sequence
@item \u@var{hh}@dots{}
The hexadecimal value @var{hh}, where @var{hh} stands for a sequence
-of hexadecimal digits (@samp{0}--@samp{9}, and either @samp{A}--@samp{F}
-or @samp{a}--@samp{f}). A maximum of eight digits are allowed after
-the @samp{\u}. Any further hexadecimal digits are treated as simple
-letters or numbers. @value{COMMONEXT}
-(The @samp{\u} escape sequence is not allowed in POSIX awk.)
-
-This escape sequence is intended for designating a character in the
-Unicode character set. @command{gawk} first converts the given digits
-into an integer and then translates the given ``wide character''
-value into the current locale's multibyte encoding (even if that
-is a not a Unicode locale). If the given bytes do not represent
-a valid character, the value becomes @code{"?"}.
+of one or more hexadecimal digits (@samp{0}--@samp{9}, and either
+@samp{A}--@samp{F} or @samp{a}--@samp{f}). A maximum of eight digits
+are allowed after the @samp{\u}. Any further hexadecimal digits are
+treated as simple letters or numbers. @value{COMMONEXT} (The @samp{\u}
+escape sequence is not allowed in POSIX awk.)
+
+This escape sequence is intended for designating a character in
+the current locale's character set.@footnote{Typically, this is a
+Unicode-based locale, but it doesn't have to be.} @command{gawk} first
+converts the given digits into an integer and then translates the given
+``wide character'' value into the current locale's multibyte encoding. If
+the wide character value does not represent a valid character, or if
+the character is valid but cannot be encoded into the current locale's
+multibyte encoding, the value becomes @code{"?"}. @command{gawk} issues
+a warning message when this happens.
@cindex @code{\} (backslash) @subentry @code{\/} escape sequence
@cindex backslash (@code{\}) @subentry @code{\/} escape sequence
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Summary of changes:
doc/ChangeLog | 5 +
doc/gawk.info | 1182 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
doc/gawk.texi | 27 +-
doc/gawktexi.in | 27 +-
4 files changed, 630 insertions(+), 611 deletions(-)
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