Re: [PATCH 2/4] docs: mention that setarch may not be able to set all listed architectures

[Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>]

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

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