Re: [PATCH] docs: fix literal quoted spaces

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On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 04:06:24PM +0100, Adam Dinwoodie wrote:

> When compiling the documentation, asciidoc thinks a backtick surrounded
> by whitespace shouldn't be interpreted as marking the start or end of a
> literal.  In most cases, that's useful behaviour, but in the git-pull
> documentation the space is clearly intended to be part of the monospace
> formatted text.

Good catch.

> Instead, use + to avoid asciidoc's literal passthrough, and encode the
> space as {sp}.  In particular, this means asciidoc will correctly detect
> the end of the monospace formatting, rather than having it continue past
> the backtick.

In these particular cases, is the space adding anything? Would a simpler
fix be to just use:

  ...the value on `URL:` line

We've had such headaches with other entities like {sp} between different
asciidoc versions (not to mention asciidoctor) that I tend to reach for
the simplest solution.

(I'd also suggest the minor English correct of saying "_the_ URL line";
that's orthogonal to what you're trying to fix, but may make sense on
top while we're here).

-Peff



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