On Sun, Jan 11, 2015, at 17:19, JWP wrote: > On 01/10/2015 08:41 AM, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > > -\fB\-\-uname\-2.6\fR > > -Causes the program to see a kernel version number beginning with 2.6. > > +.B \-\-uname-2.6 > > This is incorrect. Options are always constructed with minus signs never a hyphens. > The only time a hyphen should be used in man-pages is for normally hyphenated > dictionary words. Commands, options, variables, paths, urls, etc. all use the > minus sign character. You are right. However, on a terminal both hyphen and minus sign render to 0x2d. When printed, the characters are rendered differently, and then I prefer to see a tiny hyphen instead of a minus sign in hyphenated options. And since you cannot copy and paste from a printed document, it doesn't matter that the more readable hyphen is used instead of the correct minus sign. See also 'git log -p --author=bjarniig' and search for "to '-'", and also http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg09260.html near the end. If you maintain that the correct \- should be used, there will be a large patch to make. Benno -- http://www.fastmail.com - Same, same, but different... -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
