From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:59257 "EHLO out4-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750872AbbAKRHW (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:07:22 -0500 Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.internal [10.202.2.46]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36329204B3 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 12:07:22 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1420996041.3944497.212461717.015CE843@webmail.messagingengine.com> From: Benno Schulenberg To: JWP Cc: "Util-Linux" , karel Zak MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain In-Reply-To: <54B2A27A.50401@gmx.com> References: <1420897295-17573-1-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net> <1420897295-17573-2-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net> <54B2A27A.50401@gmx.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] docs: mention that setarch may not be able to set all listed architectures Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 18:07:21 +0100 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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...