Hello Branden,
Regarding the hyphenation problem, the lump in the carpet moves after
groff 1.22.4. Because HTML output now produces − entities rather
than hyphens from *roff minus special characters (`\-`), [...]
Ouch! I don't like the look of them on the HTML page: they are
"enormous", loo
In short, I would consider this to be a bug in the respective browsers.
Agreed. A hyphen should only be considered a hyphenatable position
when it has _alphabetical_ characters on both sides.
Reported here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1948666
Benno
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Hi onf,
Op 16-02-2025 om 16:55 schreef onf:
Sounds like "modern" web browsers just break lines poorly. I have
replicated what you are describing in Firefox 128.7.0esr.
I've checked that Dillo (3.0.5) does the same. And epiphany (42.4)
too -- before it went into a tight spin and locked-up my
Hi Branden,
Op 16-02-2025 om 15:13 schreef G. Branden Robinson:
Is there a way to mark such long
options in the man page so that browsers are prevented from breaking
the marked text in any way?
Yes. It sounds like what you're looking for is the hyphenation control
escape sequence, `\%`.
I
Hi,
In the HTML version of a man page it can happen that a long option
(like --restricted) occurs near the right edge and that the browser
splits the thing into "--" at the end of the line and "restricted"
at the beginning of the next line. Is there a way to mark such long
options in the man pa
