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Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 22:27:09 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
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> From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 14:03:26 -0400
> 
> My take on documenting TIOCGWINSZ:

Thanks.

> ! The UNIX version first checks if an FSEXT handler is associated with the file
> ! descriptor @var{fd}. If so, it calls the handler in the usual way
> ! @ref{File System Extensions}.

I'd say make @ref be a @pxref, and put it into parens.  A mere "@ref"
without something like "see" or "as described in" before it reads
wrong in the printed version.

> ! @item TIOCGWINSZ
> ! Fill the @code{struct winsize} structure pointed to by the third argument
> ! with the screen width and height.

Please add the description of struct winsize, because otherwise users
will need to look it up in the header file.

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