On Fri, Jun 08, 2012 at 12:08:26AM +1200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Hi Bjarni,
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason
> <bjarniig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Package: man-pages
> > Version: 3.40
> > Severity: minor
> > Tags: patch
> >
> > From "groff -ww ...":
> >
> > <groff: iso_8859-2.7>:89: warning: can't find special character `shc'
> >
> > This is the only "iso_8859-*.7" file that has this (now)
> > undefined character. The code in column four in "iso_8859-1.7" is
> > "0x2D" ("HYPHEN, MINUS SIGN" or "HYPHEN-MINUS") instead of "0xAD".
> > See Debian bug 156154 (or package "manpages").
> >
> > There should be an explanation for this graphic character and the
> > code should be 0xAD in iso_8859-1.7 (as in all others), even though
> > "[gn]roff" does not display a "HYPHEN" in that position of the table.
> >
> > The line with "SOFT HYPHEN" gets a footnote and a short
> > explanation. The footnote is from the official ISO standard.
> >
> > Suggested patch for one of the files:
>
> Is there any reason that the explanation should be added to only one
> of the files? I'm somewhat inclined just to change the character, and
> not add the explanation (so that this page is similar to the others).
>
No, because the source of the footnote is contained in it (ISO
8859-1:1987). The wording in the other standards could be
different. This note could also avoid reports of a "bug", that are
more than only corrections of wording.
[removed text]
> > .TE
> > + ¹ A graphic character that is imaged by a graphic symbol
> > +identical with, or similar to, that representing HYPHEN, for use
> > +when a line break has been established wihin a word.
> > +.BR "ISO 8859-1:1987" ,
> > +paragraph 6.3.3.
> > .SH "SEE ALSO"
> > .BR ascii (7),
> > .BR iso_8859-15 (7)
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
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