Re: [patch], iso_8859-*.7: Explanation of SOFT HYPHEN and the code for it
From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-19 07:59:32
Bjarni, Ping? Thanks, Michael On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [off-list ref] wrote:
Bjarni, On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 12:08:26AM +1200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:quoted
Hi Bjarni, On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Package: man-pages Version: 3.40 Severity: minor Tags: patch From "groff -ww ...": <groff: iso_8859-2.7>:89: warning: can't find special character `shc' This is the only "iso_8859-*.7" file that has this (now) undefined character. The code in column four in "iso_8859-1.7" is "0x2D" ("HYPHEN, MINUS SIGN" or "HYPHEN-MINUS") instead of "0xAD". See Debian bug 156154 (or package "manpages"). There should be an explanation for this graphic character and the code should be 0xAD in iso_8859-1.7 (as in all others), even though "[gn]roff" does not display a "HYPHEN" in that position of the table. The line with "SOFT HYPHEN" gets a footnote and a short explanation. The footnote is from the official ISO standard. Suggested patch for one of the files:Is there any reason that the explanation should be added to only one of the files? I'm somewhat inclined just to change the character, and not add the explanation (so that this page is similar to the others).No, because the source of the footnote is contained in it (ISO 8859-1:1987). The wording in the other standards could be different. This note could also avoid reports of a "bug", that are more than only corrections of wording.So, in other words, this change is relevant only for iso_8859-1.7, right? Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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