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Re: bts command `send-unmatched'

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On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 04:13:32PM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote:
> When i type command by email as follows:
> 
> send-unmatched old|-2
> send-unmatched [old|-2]
> 
> Then BTS server tell me "Unknown command or malformed arguments to
> command." with both above commands.
> 
> Yes, i'm now translating /Bugs/server-request
> [https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-request.en.html].
> 
> Is that dead command? Or am i someting wrong?

Hey, and thanks for your translation work!

NOTE: I didnn't really try this, this is just a quick answer.

I think those signs [ | and ] are just what is called "metasyntax" [1]
In this case, [...] seems to mean that what goes in [] is optional,
that is:

  index [full]

means you can either say "index" or "index full". And ...|... means
either... or, for example:

  send-unmatched last|-1

means you can say "send-unmatched last" or "send-unmatched -1" (both
seem to mean the same thing). Finally

  send-unmatched [this|0]

means you can say "send unmatched this", "send-unmatched 0" or just simply
"send-unmatched". Those also seem to mean the same thing.

HTH
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasyntax

- -- tomás
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bts command `send-unmatched' soyeomul@doraji.xyz (Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)) - 2018-08-15 09:20 +0200
  Re: bts command `send-unmatched' <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-15 10:10 +0200
    Re: bts command `send-unmatched' soyeomul@doraji.xyz (Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)) - 2018-08-19 08:50 +0200
      Re: bts command `send-unmatched' <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-08-19 09:40 +0200

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