> >> I noticed that all substitutions "--" -> "—", where "—" is a part of >> sentence punctuation, match \w--\w pattern (e.g. no spaces on both >> sides) and probably this is how it should be written in English. But >> basing on this doesn't seem to me to be fool proof. > > So another option is to disable all substitution of "--" and just use > the "—" character when it is explicitly needed. The documentation is > using UTF-8 after all. This would also fix the usage of "--" in the > manpages, e.g. > > You've now initialized the working directory--you may notice ... > > in gittutorial(7). On my setup, with "--" replaced with "—", I get the > following nroff code: On my machine, make gittutorial.7 produces manpage that displays "--" in this place :) > > You've now initialized the working directory\(emyou may notice Anyway, this may be a good idea to use unambiguous "—" (though people writing docs may be used to using "--" as a punctuation). I can run through the Documentation replacing "\w--\w" with m-dash, if you want. Regards, Piotr -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
