On 5/6/21 11:08 AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Thu, May 06, 2021 at 10:57:53AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: >> I have been going thru some of the Documentation/ files... >> >> Why do several of the files begin with >> (hex) ef bb bf followed by "==================" >> for a heading, instead of just "===================". >> See e.g. Documentation/timers/no_hz.rst. > > 00000000 ef bb bf 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d 3d |...=============| > > ef bb bf is utf8 for 0b1111'111011'111111 = 0xFEFF which is the > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_order_mark > > We should delete it. > OK, thanks, I have started on that. Just another question: ("inquiring minds want to know") Why is/are some docs using U+2217 '*' instead of ASCII '*'? E.g., Documentation/block/cdrom-standard.rst. Maybe some $EDITOR is doing this? thanks. -- ~Randy
