Martin Ågren wrote: > On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 10:13, Felipe Contreras > <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > > > + You can also do "make man" using Asciidoctor's manpage backend in > > > > + place of xmlto by passing USE_ASCIIDOCTOR_MANPAGE=YesPlease. Version > > > > + 2.0 or later is highly recommended, as these version properly handle > > > > + apostrophes. > > > > + > > > > > > Hmph, I wasn't closely following the previous discussion, but is the > > > apostrophes the primary reason why anything below 2.0 is not usable? > > > > "Not usable"? > > > > I haven't been able to reproduce the original supposed problem, but even > > if true, the man pages would be quite usable. > > Even early 2.0.x had some issues [1]. > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20190325190041.GM4047@xxxxxxxxx/ That issue affects only the docbook generation, not direct man pages. So far nobody has mentioned any issues with USE_ASCIIDOCTOR_MANPAGE=1 in older asciidoctor, especially not regarding apostrophes. -- Felipe Contreras
