[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc: document -v repeat

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 12:01:39PM -0800, Lou Logan wrote:
> On Mon,  1 Apr 2013 20:14:55 +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>
> > ---
> >  doc/avtools-common-opts.texi |    5 ++++-
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi b/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi
> > index ff38ebb..6d7ba56 100644
> > --- a/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi
> > +++ b/doc/avtools-common-opts.texi
> > @@ -117,8 +117,11 @@ Show available sample formats.
> >  @item -layouts
> >  Show channel names and standard channel layouts.
> >  
> > - at item -loglevel @var{loglevel} | -v @var{loglevel}
> > + at item -loglevel [repeat+]@var{loglevel} | -v [repeat+]@var{loglevel}
> >  Set the logging level used by the library.
> > +Adding "repeat+" indicates that repeated log output should not be compressed
> > +to the first line and a "Last message repeated n times" line. "repeat" can
> > +also be used alone, in which case the loglevel is not changed.
> 
> '... and a "Last message repeated n times" line.'
> 
> Looks like a sentence fragment. I can't give a suitable suggestion
> because I'm unclear as to what the "Last message repeated n times" line
> is supposed to do with this option.

its quite simple: default:

[nut @ 0x31b7de0] read_timestamp failed.
Last message repeated 7 times

with -v repeat

[nut @ 0x31b7de0] read_timestamp failed.
[nut @ 0x31b7de0] read_timestamp failed.
[nut @ 0x31b7de0] read_timestamp failed.
[nut @ 0x31b7de0] read_timestamp failed.
[nut @ 0x31b7de0] read_timestamp failed.
[nut @ 0x31b7de0] read_timestamp failed.
[nut @ 0x31b7de0] read_timestamp failed.


Also, feel free to update the wording to anything you consider better
i have no clue about grammar and spelling :)

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