control: reassign -1 x11-utils
On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 03:14:58PM +0000, Thibault, Daniel wrote:
> Package: xorg-x11-utils
> Version: 7.1-2
xprop is in x11-utils. though that version you specified doesn't exist.
In the meantime I'm reassigning this bug to the correct package.
Also, the package you specified doesn't exist...
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> The xprop man pages read in part:
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> A $ followed by a number n causes field number n to be displayed. [...] $n+ will display field number n then a comma then field number n+1 then another comma then ... until the last field defined. [...] This is useful for a property that is a list of values.
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> This is not true. $n+1 displays field number then a comma THEN A SPACE then field number n+1 and so on. For instance, using xprop on a console window:
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> $ xprop -id <winID> 8s "=\$0+\n" WM_CLASS
> WM_CLASS(STRING)="gnome-terminal", "Gnome-terminal"
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> The insertion of this extra space (which you cannot prevent with a custom f option) is very important when using sed or cut on xprop's output.
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> The quick but lame fix is to amend the man pages to read:
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> A $ followed by a number n causes field number n to be displayed. [...] $n+ will display field number n then a comma and a space then field number n+1 then another comma and space then ... until the last field defined. [...] This is useful for a property that is a list of values.
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> The better fix is to provide a way of specifying the separator in the format, maybe as an 'fls' option (for "format list separator").
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> Daniel U. Thibault, M.Sc.²
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