abcd source cite-check reports a finding as 'line L, byte B' where B is grep -b's FILE offset of the matched span, which also includes the leading boundary byte, so a reader takes it for a column in line L. The offset must be documented and rendered as what it is, consistently in the type, the help and the surface pages.

abcd source cite-check reports a finding as 'line L, byte B' where B is grep -b's FILE offset of the matched span, which also includes the leading boundary byte, so a reader takes it for a column in line L. The offset must be documented and rendered as what it is, consistently in the type, the help and the surface pages.

Grounds

• pursued: a reader of a cite-check finding locates it by counting bytes from the start of the text; a finding whose number is a column, or a surface that still calls it a line position, would show it wrong