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-rw-r--r--manual/message.texi6
-rw-r--r--manual/string.texi1
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 64e224aac5..d68c22a970 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+1999-10-05  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
+
+	* manual/message.texi (The message catalog files): Fix description
+	to match gencat implementation and Unix98: Message fields are
+	separated by a single blank space.
+
+1999-10-05  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
+
+	* manual/string.texi (Search Functions): Add missing end for
+	memrchr description.
+
 1999-10-04  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
 	* malloc/memprof.sh: Various small cleanups.  Add short options.
diff --git a/manual/message.texi b/manual/message.texi
index 8e12dc8f56..294b9f0a77 100644
--- a/manual/message.texi
+++ b/manual/message.texi
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ be escaped using the backslash (i.e., @code{\"} must be written).
 @item
 Any other line must start with a number or an alphanumeric identifier
 (with the underscore character included).  The following characters
-(starting at the first non-whitespace character) will form the string
+(starting after the first whitespace character) will form the string
 which gets associated with the currently selected set and the message
 number represented by the number and identifier respectively.
 
@@ -390,10 +390,6 @@ identifiers will be explained below (@pxref{Common Usage}).  There is
 one limitation with the identifier: it must not be @code{Set}.  The
 reason will be explained below.
 
-Please note that you must use a quoting character if a message contains
-leading whitespace.  Since one cannot guarantee this never happens it is
-probably a good idea to always use quoting.
-
 The text of the messages can contain escape characters.  The usual bunch
 of characters known from the @w{ISO C} language are recognized
 (@code{\n}, @code{\t}, @code{\v}, @code{\b}, @code{\r}, @code{\f},
diff --git a/manual/string.texi b/manual/string.texi
index 2d28dd2e47..8d2a33ea1a 100644
--- a/manual/string.texi
+++ b/manual/string.texi
@@ -1068,6 +1068,7 @@ located byte, or a null pointer if no match was found.
 The function @code{memrchr} is like @code{memchr}, except that it searches
 backwards from the end of the block defined by @var{block} and @var{size}
 (instead of forwards from the front).
+@end deftypefun
 
 @comment string.h
 @comment ISO