Re: [Plplot-devel] Clobbered commentary in bindings/tk/tkMain.c

[Maurice L. <mj...@br...>]

Thanks for the fix.  As prize, I'll send you some snow. ;)

(Just had 2nd snowfall here in Longmont, CO.)

Maurice

On Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 10:21:57 (-0800) Alan W. Irwin writes:
 > Hi Maurice:
 > 
 > I thought you would be amused by revision 11326.
 > 
 > When searching all our source files for instances of "\.rc" last night I
 > noticed the following clobbered commentary in bindings/tk/tkMain.c.
 > 
 >          // Commands will come from standard input, so set up an event
 >  	// handler for standard input.  If the input device is aEvaluate the
 >          // .rc file, if one has been specified, set up an event handler
 > 
 > I was concerned that my comment restyling script had somehow clobbered
 > that comment, but it turns out that "aEvaluate" and the inserted (or
 > missing) words before it has been in this file since its initial
 > commit by you back in 1994 (!).  That explanation took all the urgency
 > away from this issue, but I decided nevertheless to fix the issue by
 > replacing the comment with its correct form (found with a google
 > search) which is to remove "If the input device is a" from the
 > comment.  That fix for a 16-yr old issue (no matter how trivial) has
 > got to set some sort of PLplot record.  Do I get a prize? :-)
 > 
 > BTW, the ".rc" stays in that commentary because it is referring to
 > a different kind of file than our driver information files.
 > 
 > Alan
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