[Bug 227542] Re: man page for expect calls glob "regular expression"

[Bryan Fullerton]

This phrasing is inherited from the original source code for expect.

http://expect.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/expect/expect/expect.man?revision=5.38&view=markup

I'm not clear that it's appropriate to fix this at the Ubuntu level
only.

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Title:
  man page for expect calls glob "regular expression"

Status in “expect” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: expect

  Ubuntu 7.10
  expect 5.43.0-13.1

  Under the "expect" section, "man expect" incorrectly says:

      (Such patterns are also similar to C-shell regular
      expressions usually referred to as "glob" patterns).

  The C-shell man page doesn't call glob patterns "regular expressions",
  it calls them "filename substitution patterns".  It is wrong to use the
  term "regular expressions" here.  Also, Tcl/expect have *real* regular
  expressions with a different syntax.  Don't confuse the users.

  If you really want to reference the C-shell, the man page should say:

      (Such patterns are also similar to C-shell filename substitution
      patterns, usually referred to as "glob" patterns.)

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