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authorRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>2023-07-03 16:20:30 -0700
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2023-07-14 13:16:59 -0600
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Documentation: doc-guide: use '%' constant indicator in Return: examples
Use the 'constant' indicator '%' in the examples for the Return: values syntax. This can help encourage people to use it. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> Suggested-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221121154358.36856ca6@gandalf.local.home/ Acked-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230703232030.8223-1-rdunlap@infradead.org
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@@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ named ``Return``.
line breaks, so if you try to format some text nicely, as in::
* Return:
- * 0 - OK
- * -EINVAL - invalid argument
- * -ENOMEM - out of memory
+ * %0 - OK
+ * %-EINVAL - invalid argument
+ * %-ENOMEM - out of memory
this will all run together and produce::
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ named ``Return``.
ReST list, e. g.::
* Return:
- * * 0 - OK to runtime suspend the device
- * * -EBUSY - Device should not be runtime suspended
+ * * %0 - OK to runtime suspend the device
+ * * %-EBUSY - Device should not be runtime suspended
#) If the descriptive text you provide has lines that begin with
some phrase followed by a colon, each of those phrases will be taken