From: Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: format kernel-parameters -- as code
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 22:51:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190628225117.636f7f21@heffalump.sk2.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190628124804.5ce44f04@lwn.net>
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 785 bytes --]
On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:48:04 -0600, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:38:41 +0200
> Stephen Kitt <steve@sk2.org> wrote:
>
> > Right, looking further shows a large number of places where -- is handled
> > incorrectly. The following patch disables this “smart” handling wholesale;
> > I’ll follow up (in the next few days) with patches to use real em- and
> > en-dashes where appropriate.
>
> Thanks for figuring that out, it seems like the right thing to do.
>
> Let's not worry about "real" dashes for now. Not everybody welcomes
> non-ascii characters in the docs and, for dashes, it's something I deemed
> not worth fighting about.
Indeed, there are more important things to worry about than dashes.
Regards,
Stephen
[-- Attachment #2: OpenPGP digital signature --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 833 bytes --]
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-28 21:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-27 13:59 [PATCH] docs: format kernel-parameters -- as code Stephen Kitt
2019-06-28 15:10 ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-06-28 18:38 ` Stephen Kitt
2019-06-28 18:48 ` Jonathan Corbet
2019-06-28 20:47 ` Randy Dunlap
2019-06-28 20:51 ` Stephen Kitt [this message]
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20190628225117.636f7f21@heffalump.sk2.org \
--to=steve@sk2.org \
--cc=corbet@lwn.net \
--cc=linux-doc@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).