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Re: doc: normalize 3DNow! spelling and spacing.
Hello Gerald,
* Gerald Pfeifer wrote on Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 07:12:13PM CET:
> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > AMD uses
> > '3D-Now!' (once) and '3DNow' (many times) (both TM-ed) on their website.
> > OK to change the string to '3DNow!' throughout?
>
> Given that exclamation marks are more tricky (cf. the texinfo escapes
> that you had to add) I would have preferred us to omit those, but looking
> at AMD's site and your actual patch I believe where you write '3DNow' in
> the above you ment '3DNow!"?
Indeed, I meant to write "AMD uses '3D-Now!' (once) and '3DNow!' (many
times)" above. Sorry about that.
> > gcc/ChangeLog:
> > 2010-02-28 Ralf Wildenhues <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>
> >
> > * doc/extend.texi (Vector Extensions, X86 Built-in Functions):
> > Use '3DNow!' for the extension of that name, ensure normal space
> > after the string.
> > * doc/invoke.texi (i386 and x86-64 Options): Likewise.
>
> This is okay. Do wait until Wednesday before committing it to give
> our colleagues working for AMD the chance to chime in.
Thanks, also for the other part-review (which I've part-committed),
Ralf