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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Corrected".

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Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question



Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page 52
Last Paragraph, in the warning section

Emultate3Buttons when it should instead be Emulate3Buttons

Anonymous 
Printed Page 113
last line

At the start of the line "size is ..." should be "width is ..."

Note from the Author or Editor:
Page 114, last line, currently reads "size is 5*9=45 pixels..." should read "width is 5*9=45 pixels..."

Anonymous 
Printed Page 142
First paragraph, first word

"Once of the main differences..." should be "One of the main differences"

Anonymous 
Printed Page 167
Very last line in paragraph 12.5 (Example)

the term “group.“ after the comma shouldn't be there:
grp:menu_toggle,group. grp_led:scroll

Note from the Author or Editor:
Corrected text should read: "grp:menu_toggle,grp_led:scroll"

Anonymous 
Printed Page 168
2nd cmdline Example in 12.7

The to be demonstrated -v option is missing.
That line does not produce the presented output without -v.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 181
First line of section 13.7

"Three are three challenges" should be "There are three challenges"

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