Bjarni,
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
So, in other words, this change is relevant only for iso_8859-1.7, right?
Thanks,
Michael
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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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