From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Sebastian Rahtz" <sebastian.rahtz@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk>
To: ndw@nwalsh.com
Cc: pto@sslug.dk, docbook-tools-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: <screen>-- </screen>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 05:46:00 -0000
Message-id: <14998.58271.566093.281098@spqr2.oucs.ox.ac.uk>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0102222041230.8007-100000@pto.sslug> <877l2h6rqr.fsf@nwalsh.com>
X-SW-Source: 2001-q1/msg00038.html

Norman Walsh writes:
 > | However PS/PDF sees two consequtive minus-signs as a
 > | long minus, i.e.
 > | 
 > | d-x-x-x DIR1
 > | dr-xr-xr-x DIR2
 > | 
 > | It really looks stupid for directory-listings- can I
 > | use a trick to get out of this situation - or trick
 > | pdfjadetex to not combine two minus-signs?
 > 
 > Are you using a recent pdfjadetex? I thought Sebastian fixed this
 > one long ago?

And I thought it was fixed in Jade itself... its essential insoluble
in jadetex, as the -- translation to - is the font metrics.

Sebastian