User contributions for Asalewski

14 July 2024

• 17:5717:57, 14 July 2024 diff hist +227‎ m Patch (Unix) ‎ Update reference for Larry Wall's 1985-05-08 post to mod.sources: switch from using the [Template:Cite_news|'cite news' template] to the [Template:Cite_newsgroup|'cite newsgroup' template]; split 'author' parameter into 'first' and 'last' params (as recommend in docs for the [Template:Cite_newsgroup|'cite newsgroup' template]); change 'agency' parameter to 'newsgroup' parameter; add values for parameters 'author-link', 'access-date', 'url-status', 'archive-url', and 'archive-date'. current

11 July 2024

• 20:4420:44, 11 July 2024 diff hist +181‎ m List of non-standard dates ‎ Update reference for timeanddate.com article "February 30 Was a Real Date": update value for 'access-date' parameter with today's date (2024-07-11), add values for parameters 'first', 'last', 'url-status', 'archive-url', and 'archive-date'.
• 20:3520:35, 11 July 2024 diff hist −5‎ List of non-standard dates ‎ Undid revision 1233958312 by Asalewski (talk) -- hit the ENTER key by accident Tag: Undo
• 20:3420:34, 11 July 2024 diff hist +5‎ List of non-standard dates ‎ Update reference for timeanddate.com article "February 30 Was a Real Date": update 'access-date' with today's date (2024-07-11) Tag: Reverted

9 July 2024

• 22:4922:49, 9 July 2024 diff hist +18‎ m KornShell ‎ Add [sic] in quoted text to make clear that minor misspelling are transcribed verbatim from source material, not introduced during transcription (words: "form"/"from", "work"/"works").
• 22:2722:27, 9 July 2024 diff hist +36‎ m KornShell ‎ In "Variants" section, last item: add '{{mono|...}}' markup around '/bin/sh' and 'ksh', for consistency with other items in the list.

8 July 2024

• 01:5301:53, 8 July 2024 diff hist +3,414‎ GNU Emacs ‎ In "Release history" section, update table "Version history of GNU Emacs": add new entry for Emacs 29.4 (released on 2024-06-22)

7 July 2024

• 23:0023:00, 7 July 2024 diff hist +2,118‎ KornShell ‎ In discussion of BRL SVR2 /bin/sh, add reference to TUHS discussion with Ron Natalie's explanation for the motivation of adding job control (distaste for C shell syntax and "Korn shell hadn't escaped from AT&T yet") and command line editing. The reference also covers the history of that shell ending up in Doug Gwyn's "System V on BSD" distribution and making its way into the Mach code base ("...so every Mach-derived system ended up with it").
• 21:1021:10, 7 July 2024 diff hist +412‎ KornShell ‎ Reverted good faith edit 1233099012 by Sarangem (talk): I have researched the issue, and will provide the needed citations soon (later today). Tag: Undo

9 June 2024

• 19:4919:49, 9 June 2024 diff hist +168‎ m LaTeX ‎ Update reference to Leslie Lamport's "My Writings" publication: update values for parameters 'date' (to reflect work's most recent update date (2024-04-29)) and 'access-date' (to reflect today's date); add values for parameters 'url-status', 'archive-url', and 'archive-date'.
• 19:0219:02, 9 June 2024 diff hist +235‎ m Amortized analysis ‎ Update reference to Robert Tarjan's 1985 paper "Amortized Computational Complexity": add values for parameters 'url-status', 'access-date', 'archive-url', and 'archive-date'.

7 June 2024

• 13:1313:13, 7 June 2024 diff hist 0‎ m Alexander G. Fraser ‎ Correct initialism typo: "UDCS" => "UCDS" (Unix Circuit Design System)

4 June 2024

• 16:0616:06, 4 June 2024 diff hist +219‎ m Jargon File ‎ Update reference of "IBM Jargon Dictionary Tenth Edition (1990)" to reflect the full title: "IBM Jargon and General Computing Dictionary Tenth Edition". Add parameters 'date', 'work', 'access-date', 'url-status' ("live"), 'archive-date', and 'archive-url' for a recent Wayback Machine capture on 2024-05-20.
• 15:5115:51, 4 June 2024 diff hist +130‎ m Mike Cowlishaw ‎ For reference to the "IBM Jargon and General Computing Dictionary Tenth Edition", update the 'access-date' parameter, and add 'url-status' ("live"), 'archive-date', and 'archive-url' for a recent Waback Machine capture on 2024-05-20.

13 May 2024

• 01:0601:06, 13 May 2024 diff hist +136‎ m New York Minute ‎ In "See also" section, add link to "New York Second" (in the page 'List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement'). Tag: Reverted

28 April 2024

• 16:2516:25, 28 April 2024 diff hist +1‎ m Eric S. Raymond ‎ Undid revision 1220999598 by Zi7oun (talk). The sentence structure was correct prior to the edit rolled back here. What is enclosed is a complete sentence, so the closing parenthesis follows the end punctuation. Tag: Undo

22 April 2024

• 22:0522:05, 22 April 2024 diff hist +187‎ m Getopt ‎ Add archive-url, archive-date, and url-status=deviated to reference for CLIP spec. Orig PDF found in Wayback Machine using original URL (only at oldest captured date). current
• 21:4921:49, 22 April 2024 diff hist +1,031‎ m Getopt ‎ In statement "A POSIX-standard companion function to getopt is getsubopt.", add references to SUS/POSIX documentation for those two functions.
• 20:3920:39, 22 April 2024 diff hist +266‎ m Getopt ‎ Update ref of "usr/src/lib/libc/pdp11/gen/getopt.c": apply 'cite web' template: add data for archive-url, archive-date, url-status, and access-date.
• 20:0520:05, 22 April 2024 diff hist +166‎ m Getopt ‎ Update ref of "public domain AT&T getopt source": add archive-url, archive-date, url-status; update access-date with today's date (verified still live today)

17 April 2024

• 16:1416:14, 17 April 2024 diff hist +4‎ m List of GNU Core Utilities commands ‎ Make "POSIX" a link to the page of the same name. current
• 16:1216:12, 17 April 2024 diff hist +4‎ m GNU Core Utilities ‎ Make "BSD" a link to the page of the same name. current

21 January 2024

• 21:0821:08, 21 January 2024 diff hist +172‎ Shadow of Your Love ‎ Clarify that the song that placed on the Billboard "Mainstream Rock" chart was the version released in 2018. Also add reference URL for the week at which it peaked at number 5. current

12 January 2024

• 23:5423:54, 12 January 2024 diff hist +32‎ m Scsh ‎ Update title for 'scheme/scsh' GitHub repo from "Scheme/Scsh" to "scheme/scsh: A Unix shell embedded in scheme"; also update the 'access-date' field value with today's date (2024-01-12). current

9 January 2024

• 00:3200:32, 9 January 2024 diff hist −1‎ m A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits ‎ Undid revision 1194041410 by 201.175.149.8 (talk) Tag: Undo
• 00:0400:04, 9 January 2024 diff hist −172‎ m Talk:Boot sector ‎ Undid revision 1192801000 by 81.222.180.253 (talk) Tag: Undo

3 November 2023

• 09:2009:20, 3 November 2023 diff hist −122‎ m AWK ‎ In "Books" section, update entry for 2nd edition of "The AWK Programming Language": update archive-url to reflect recent change of official book site to https://awk.dev (archive-url was still pointing to snapshot of Pearson publisher page for the book)

16 October 2023

• 19:2519:25, 16 October 2023 diff hist +933‎ AWK ‎ In "Books" section, add entry for 2nd edition of "The AWK Programming Language", published 2023-09-06.
• 18:2118:21, 16 October 2023 diff hist +1‎ m Computer terminal ‎ Correct typo: "sysem consoles" ==> "system consoles"

8 September 2023

• 14:5514:55, 8 September 2023 diff hist +10‎ m First Contact Day ‎ In "Celebrations" section, replace "the day" with "First Contact Day" in the first sentence for clarity. The subject of the previous paragraph is Star Trek Day, not First Contact Day. current

1 August 2023

• 17:0817:08, 1 August 2023 diff hist +8‎ m Berkeley Software Distribution ‎ Undid revision 1168226738 by Farhin8424 (talk). The original title was correct: "Why you should use a BSD style license for your Open Source Project" Tag: Undo

29 July 2023

• 15:1715:17, 29 July 2023 diff hist +22‎ m Hidden file and hidden directory ‎ Link referenced mention of the 'finger' command command to the internal "Finger_(protocol)" page, which discusses the 'finger' program and its origin.

19 July 2023

• 20:4220:42, 19 July 2023 diff hist +2‎ m Window manager ‎ X11 reparenting: minor language tweak
• 20:3820:38, 19 July 2023 diff hist +6‎ m Window manager ‎ reparenting: change "...to window decorations" => "...to apply window decorations"

15 June 2023

• 01:5401:54, 15 June 2023 diff hist −95‎ Usenet newsgroup ‎ Undid revision 1160194887 by 205.189.94.3 (talk). There's no need to change 'https' in the URL to 'http'. Tag: Undo

14 June 2023

• 20:5820:58, 14 June 2023 diff hist +171‎ Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate ‎ For 'cite web' entry for "Microkernel: The Comeback?", update 'access-date' (content at the slashdot.org URL confirmed still relevant), and add 'url-status', 'archive-url', and 'archive-date'.
• 20:4420:44, 14 June 2023 diff hist +2‎ Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate ‎ In two 'cite web' blocks, use 'authors' rather than 'author' for lists of Slashdot handles that end with "... & Slashdot contributors". This eliminates the "has generic name" error messages, but use of 'authors' is also known to be discouraged. Is there a better approach?
• 20:1720:17, 14 June 2023 diff hist +157‎ m Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate ‎ In "External links" section, update entry for "Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate: Part II" with newly added parameters 'access-date', 'url-status', 'archive-url', and 'archive-date'.
• 19:5819:58, 14 June 2023 diff hist −175‎ m Tanenbaum–Torvalds debate ‎ In "External links" section, remove duplicate entry for "Tanenbaum-Torvalds Debate: Part II".

24 May 2023

• 22:3522:35, 24 May 2023 diff hist −13‎ m Alonzo Church ‎ In "References" section, replace "not yet published" with "2019" (the publication year) for the mention of "The Collected Works of Alonzo Church". Also move the word "the" into the title as "The".
• 22:2422:24, 24 May 2023 diff hist +1,693‎ Talk:Alonzo Church ‎ →‎Non-referring reference

6 April 2023

• 15:5415:54, 6 April 2023 diff hist −1‎ m IBM 7090 ‎ Fix typo: "traznistorized" ==> "transistorized"

1 November 2022

• 22:3322:33, 1 November 2022 diff hist −1‎ m Hewlett-Packard Voyager series ‎ In "External links", spell the manufacter of HP calculator clones as "SwissMicros" (rather than "Swiss micros") for consistency with the spelling used by the manufacturer.

25 August 2022

• 03:3503:35, 25 August 2022 diff hist +27‎ Thread (online communication) ‎ Add Pan (newsreader) to list of client-based software that supports threading.
• 03:3203:32, 25 August 2022 diff hist +11‎ Thread (online communication) ‎ Add slrn (newsreader) to list of client-based software that supports threading.
• 03:2903:29, 25 August 2022 diff hist +31‎ Thread (online communication) ‎ Add Mutt (email client) to list of client-based software that supports threading.

27 May 2022

• 05:1805:18, 27 May 2022 diff hist 0‎ m The Admiral's Caravan ‎ (minor) Correct ISBN number for 2011 edition of "The Admiral's Caravan" published by Evertype: "978-1-904808-65-7" => "978-1-904808-66-4". The old value was actually the ISBN number for the 2011 Evertype edition of Carryl's book "Davy and the Goblin". See also https://www.evertype.com/books/carryl-davy.html and https://www.evertype.com/books/carryl-caravan.html and the "Davy and the Goblin'" page.

10 November 2020

• 23:4723:47, 10 November 2020 diff hist +210‎ Yacc ‎ (minor) Update 'cw' named reference to fix broken link, update ref attributes, and add archive url.
• 23:2423:24, 10 November 2020 diff hist +43‎ Berkeley Yacc ‎ (minor) Update "IIBYACC" named reference: add attributes 'access-date' and 'url-status' ("live").
• 22:1322:13, 10 November 2020 diff hist +225‎ Berkeley Yacc ‎ (minor) Update second byacc ref supporting statement about reentrancy being broadly compatible with bison: expand to use "cite web" template, adding info for 'access-date', 'url-status', 'archive-url', and 'archive-date'.