On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Bjarni Ingi Gislason
<bjarniig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 10:50:50PM +1200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> 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?
>>
> Yes, confine it to ISO-8859-1. I may have to change it. I have
> to clarify some issues with the Icelandic Standards (IST,
> www.stadlar.is/english/) about the use of IST/ISO standards. The
> policy of ISO is now very strict about what may be used without
> permission.
Any further update to that last sentence of yours? Is man-pages able
to use that patch you sent?
Thanks,
Michael
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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/
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