cvs commit: src/lib/libc/stdio printf.3

[Peter Jeremy]

On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 12:28:30AM -0800, David Schultz wrote:
>das         2004/01/19 00:28:30 PST
>
>  FreeBSD src repository
>
>  Modified files:
>    lib/libc/stdio       printf.3 
>  Log:
>  Bring the *printf(3) documentation up to date with the code:
>  
>  - Update and improve the documentation for %[aA]
...
>    o Clarify that the exponent field represents a decimal exponent of 2.

 The
 .Cm p
 is a literal character
-.Ql p ;
-the exponent is preceded by a positive or negative sign
-and is represented in decimal, using only enough characters
-to represent the exponent.
+.Ql p ,
+and the exponent consists of a positive or negative sign
+followed by a decimal number representing an exponent of 2.

Maybe it's just me but I still don't find that wording very clear.
I'm still not totally happy with the following but I think changing
'2' to 'base-2' makes it a bit clearer:

.Ql p ,
and the exponent consists of a positive or negative sign
followed by a decimal number representing the base-2 exponent.

Peter