Richard <rg****@gmail.comwrites:
CBFalconer <cb********@yahoo.comwrites:
[...]
>The C standard specifies all that. Try:
<http://cbfalconer.home.att.net/download/n869_txt.bz2>
I don't see how that addresses what I was looking for. You snipped the
example of the format I needed to bring up the info from an IDE for some
reason.
How would you automate an IDE to open that file and find a programmers
guide to "typedef" for example?
Well, if I were going to use n869.txt for that purpose, I'd probably
create an index specifying where the information on "typedef" appears
(an offset, suitable for fseek(), and the length of the relevant
material). The IDE could then extract and display the appropriate
text.
Admittedly, it's not clear that displaying direct excerpts of the
standard (or rather of a draft of the standard) is the best thing to
do in general -- but for some users (me, for example), it could be.
[snip]
>(and don't forget to expand the download with bzip2)
Would you like to explain how I should tie my shoelaces too?
Sheesh, are you *trying* to be offended? If you already know how to
use bzip2, just ignore the advice. We've already seen that at least
one person had trouble with the concept. Chuck didn't imply ignorance
on your part.
In addition, why do you not put a proper extension on the compressed
file content so that most of us can use default applications to view the
thing? No one uses underscore followed by type definition. It is "."
(period) followed by extension type.
Some operating systems don't allow more than one '.' character in a
file name. Having said that, I agree that "n869.txt.bz2" would be a
better name. But I assume you're able to rename the file yourself
after you download it.
<signature snipped manually>
Good for you. Would you like to tell us how you tied your shoelaces
too?
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