Felipe Contreras wrote: > From: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- a/Documentation/Makefile > +++ b/Documentation/Makefile > @@ -183,12 +183,15 @@ ASCIIDOC_HTML = xhtml5 > ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook5 > ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -acompat-mode -atabsize=8 > ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -I. -rasciidoctor-extensions > -ASCIIDOC_EXTRA += -alitdd='&\#x2d;&\#x2d;' > +TXT_TO_HTML += -alitdd='&\#x2d;&\#x2d;' > +TXT_TO_XML += -alitdd='&\#x2d;&\#x2d;' > DBLATEX_COMMON = > XMLTO_EXTRA += --skip-validation > XMLTO_EXTRA += -x manpage.xsl > ifdef USE_ASCIIDOCTOR_MANPAGE > TXT_TO_MAN = $(ASCIIDOC_COMMON) -b manpage > +TXT_TO_MAN += -aplus='+' > +TXT_TO_MAN += -alitdd='\--' > endif > endif > My version of the workaround [1] is much cleaner, and doesn't mess with the build system: if doc.backend == 'manpage' doc.attributes.merge!({ 'litdd' => '\--', 'plus' => '+' }) end Once asciidoctor issue #4059 is fixed [2] and in widespread use the above workaround can be removed. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20210521224452.530852-7-felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx/ [2] https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctor/issues/4059 -- Felipe Contreras