Peter Pentchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just for the record, unfortunately, sometimes patching upstream's manual > pages is the only correct solution. There are cases when the "-" > character appears in a manual page in both roles - as "a minus sign" and > as a "real" hyphen. For example, look at my proposed changes to the > xvkbd package in bug #484490 - these include a patch to the manual page > that changes "-" to "\-" in *some* cases, but not always; there are uses > like "UNIX-like" and "upper-case" when the hyphen is indeed a hyphen. > Thus, an automated "escape all hyphens" is not always a correct > solution, though it is usually the easiest :)
Usually upstream is fairly happy to take these sorts of patches, though. > Somewhat off-topic, but, well, that's one of the less important reasons > why I always write mdoc manual pages :) POD is a very simple language for writing man pages and takes care of this for you too. :) -- Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
