commit bash-20100415 snapshot

doc/bash.1

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 .\"	Case Western Reserve University
 .\"	chet@po.cwru.edu
 .\"
-.\"	Last Change: Fri Jan 15 10:50:42 EST 2010
+.\"	Last Change: Sat Apr 17 23:24:15 EDT 2010
 .\"
 .\" bash_builtins, strip all but Built-Ins section
 .if \n(zZ=1 .ig zZ
 .if \n(zY=1 .ig zY
-.TH BASH 1 "2010 January 15" "GNU Bash-4.1"
+.TH BASH 1 "2010 April 17" "GNU Bash-4.1"
 .\"
 .\" There's some problem with having a `@'
 .\" in a tagged paragraph with the BSD man macros.
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ bash \- GNU Bourne-Again SHell
 [options]
 [file]
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-.if n Bash is Copyright (C) 1989-2009 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.if t Bash is Copyright \(co 1989-2009 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.if n Bash is Copyright (C) 1989-2010 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.if t Bash is Copyright \(co 1989-2010 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Bash
 is an \fBsh\fR-compatible command language interpreter that
@@ -5159,7 +5159,8 @@ have a slash appended (subject to the value of
 .B match\-hidden\-files (On)
 This variable, when set to \fBOn\fP, causes readline to match files whose
 names begin with a `.' (hidden files) when performing filename 
-completion, unless the leading `.' is
+completion.
+If set to \fBOff\fP, the leading `.' must be
 supplied by the user in the filename to be completed.
 .TP
 .B output\-meta (Off)
@@ -8064,6 +8065,11 @@ beginning with \fB\e0\fP may contain up to four digits),
 and \fB%q\fP causes \fBprintf\fP to output the corresponding
 \fIargument\fP in a format that can be reused as shell input.
 .sp 1
+Arguments to non-string format specifiers are treated as C constants,
+except that a leading plus or minus sign is allowed, and if the leading
+character is a single or double quote, the value is the ASCII value of
+the following character.
+.sp 1
 The \fB\-v\fP option causes the output to be assigned to the variable
 \fIvar\fP rather than being printed to the standard output.
 .sp 1

doc/bash.1~

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 .\"	Case Western Reserve University
 .\"	chet@po.cwru.edu
 .\"
-.\"	Last Change: Fri Jan 15 10:50:42 EST 2010
+.\"	Last Change: Sat Apr 17 23:24:15 EDT 2010
 .\"
 .\" bash_builtins, strip all but Built-Ins section
 .if \n(zZ=1 .ig zZ
 .if \n(zY=1 .ig zY
-.TH BASH 1 "2010 January 15" "GNU Bash-4.1"
+.TH BASH 1 "2010 April 17" "GNU Bash-4.1"
 .\"
 .\" There's some problem with having a `@'
 .\" in a tagged paragraph with the BSD man macros.
@@ -3902,7 +3902,7 @@ turned on to be used in an expression.
 .PP
 Constants with a leading 0 are interpreted as octal numbers.
 A leading 0x or 0X denotes hexadecimal.
-Otherwise, numbers take the form [\fIbase#\fP]n, where \fIbase\fP
+Otherwise, numbers take the form [\fIbase#\fP]n, where the optional \fIbase\fP
 is a decimal number between 2 and 64 representing the arithmetic
 base, and \fIn\fP is a number in that base.
 If \fIbase#\fP is omitted, then base 10 is used.
@@ -5159,7 +5159,8 @@ have a slash appended (subject to the value of
 .B match\-hidden\-files (On)
 This variable, when set to \fBOn\fP, causes readline to match files whose
 names begin with a `.' (hidden files) when performing filename 
-completion, unless the leading `.' is
+completion.
+If set to \fBOff\fP, the leading `.' must be
 supplied by the user in the filename to be completed.
 .TP
 .B output\-meta (Off)
@@ -8064,6 +8065,11 @@ beginning with \fB\e0\fP may contain up to four digits),
 and \fB%q\fP causes \fBprintf\fP to output the corresponding
 \fIargument\fP in a format that can be reused as shell input.
 .sp 1
+Arguments to non-string format specifiers are treated as C constants,
+except that a leading plus or minus sign is allowed, and if the leading
+character is a single or double quote, the value is the ASCII value of
+the following character.
+.sp 1
 The \fB\-v\fP option causes the output to be assigned to the variable
 \fIvar\fP rather than being printed to the standard output.
 .sp 1

doc/bashref.texi

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ This is Edition @value{EDITION}, last updated @value{UPDATED},
 of @cite{The GNU Bash Reference Manual},
 for @code{Bash}, Version @value{VERSION}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1988--2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1988--2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
 this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@@ -3713,6 +3713,11 @@ beginning with @samp{\0} may contain up to four digits),
 and @samp{%q} causes @code{printf} to output the
 corresponding @var{argument} in a format that can be reused as shell input.
 
+Arguments to non-string format specifiers are treated as C language constants,
+except that a leading plus or minus sign is allowed, and if the leading
+character is a single or double quote, the value is the ASCII value of
+the following character.
+
 The @option{-v} option causes the output to be assigned to the variable
 @var{var} rather than being printed to the standard output.
 

doc/bashref.texi~

@@ -3713,6 +3713,11 @@ beginning with @samp{\0} may contain up to four digits),
 and @samp{%q} causes @code{printf} to output the
 corresponding @var{argument} in a format that can be reused as shell input.
 
+Arguments to non-string format specifiers are treated as C language constants,
+except that a leading plus or minus sign is allowed, and if the leading
+character is a single or double quote, the value is the ASCII value of
+the following character.
+
 The @option{-v} option causes the output to be assigned to the variable
 @var{var} rather than being printed to the standard output.
 
@@ -5966,7 +5971,7 @@ to be used in an expression.
 
 Constants with a leading 0 are interpreted as octal numbers.
 A leading @samp{0x} or @samp{0X} denotes hexadecimal.  Otherwise,
-numbers take the form [@var{base}@code{#}]@var{n}, where @var{base}
+numbers take the form [@var{base}@code{#}]@var{n}, where the optional @var{base}
 is a decimal number between 2 and 64 representing the arithmetic
 base, and @var{n} is a number in that base.  If @var{base}@code{#} is
 omitted, then base 10 is used.

doc/version.texi

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 Copyright (C) 1988-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @end ignore
 
-@set LASTCHANGE Fri Jan 15 10:50:20 EST 2010
+@set LASTCHANGE Sat Apr 17 23:23:55 EDT 2010
 
 @set EDITION 4.1
 @set VERSION 4.1
-@set UPDATED 15 January 2010
-@set UPDATED-MONTH January 2010
+@set UPDATED 17 April 2010
+@set UPDATED-MONTH April 2010

doc/version.texi~

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+@ignore
+Copyright (C) 1988-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@end ignore
+
+@set LASTCHANGE Fri Jan 15 10:50:20 EST 2010
+
+@set EDITION 4.1
+@set VERSION 4.1
+@set UPDATED 15 January 2010
+@set UPDATED-MONTH January 2010