Hello Odyx,
On Sun, Jun 09, 2013 at 02:41:31PM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> Le samedi, 8 juin 2013 21.53:40, Helge Kreutzmann a écrit :
> > While translating I had trouble understanding if attribute names
> > in ipptoolfile(5) are free form (i.e. like variable names) or are to
> > be taken from a fixed set.
> >
> > E.g. at the beginning, in
> > ATTR charset attributes-charset utf-8
> >
> > Is »attributes-charset« a variable (could be "foobar") or a fixed
> > name. I assumed the former, while other German translators pointed me
> > to the latter.
>
> I agree that the manpage is not overly clear. That said, I have just found
> that the IPP variable, values, etc, are all defined in [RFC2911]. This
> particular Request Operation Attribute, "attributes-charset" is defined in
> section-3.1.4.1 of that RFC document, so it's definitely both a variable
> (because there are other possible values) and a fixed name (because it's not
> fully free-form, the list of possible values being RFC2911).
Thanks for your research.
> Does that make it clearer? How would you like this bug to be fixed in the cups
Yes.
> source package?
The following pseudo patch should do the trick:
ATTR tag attribute-name value(s)
- Adds an attribute to the test request. Values are separated by the comma (",") character - escape commas using the "
+ Adds an attribute to the test request. Values are separated by the comma (",") character - escape commas using the ". Possible attribute-name are defined in RFC2911.
SEE ALSO
ipptool(1),
http://localhost:631/help
+ RFC2911 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2911
Greetings
Helge
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