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* [Bug documentation/3507] New: use of "-" for minus sign in manpages
@ 2006-11-11 17:40 eugen at debian dot org
  2006-11-11 17:45 ` [Bug documentation/3507] " eugen at debian dot org
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From: eugen at debian dot org @ 2006-11-11 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
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There are alot of places in manpages where symbol '-' is used for minus sign.
Those symbols are converted to hyphen by groff in UTF-8 locales. '\-' should be
used for minus sign (see groff_char(7) for details).

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           Summary: use of "-" for minus sign in manpages
           Product: systemtap
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: documentation
        AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: eugen at debian dot org


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* [Bug documentation/3507] use of "-" for minus sign in manpages
  2006-11-11 17:40 [Bug documentation/3507] New: use of "-" for minus sign in manpages eugen at debian dot org
@ 2006-11-11 17:45 ` eugen at debian dot org
  2006-11-12  1:13 ` [Bug documentation/3507] New: " Li Guanglei
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From: eugen at debian dot org @ 2006-11-11 17:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
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------- Additional Comments From eugen at debian dot org  2006-11-11 17:39 -------
Created an attachment (id=1412)
 --> (http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=1412&action=view)
patch


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* Re: [Bug documentation/3507] New: use of "-" for minus sign in manpages
  2006-11-11 17:40 [Bug documentation/3507] New: use of "-" for minus sign in manpages eugen at debian dot org
  2006-11-11 17:45 ` [Bug documentation/3507] " eugen at debian dot org
@ 2006-11-12  1:13 ` Li Guanglei
  2006-11-13  8:36 ` [Bug documentation/3507] " guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com
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From: Li Guanglei @ 2006-11-12  1:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: sourceware-bugzilla; +Cc: systemtap

eugen at debian dot org wrote:
> There are alot of places in manpages where symbol '-' is used for minus sign.
> Those symbols are converted to hyphen by groff in UTF-8 locales. '\-' should be
> used for minus sign (see groff_char(7) for details).
> 
Thanks. I should keep '-' in mind whenever I document the man page.


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* [Bug documentation/3507] use of "-" for minus sign in manpages
  2006-11-11 17:40 [Bug documentation/3507] New: use of "-" for minus sign in manpages eugen at debian dot org
  2006-11-11 17:45 ` [Bug documentation/3507] " eugen at debian dot org
  2006-11-12  1:13 ` [Bug documentation/3507] New: " Li Guanglei
@ 2006-11-13  8:36 ` guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com
  2006-11-13 17:12 ` guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com
  2007-08-17 22:02 ` fche at redhat dot com
  4 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com @ 2006-11-13  8:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: systemtap


------- Additional Comments From guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com  2006-11-12 01:13 -------
Subject: Re:  New: use of "-" for minus sign in manpages

eugen at debian dot org wrote:
> There are alot of places in manpages where symbol '-' is used for minus sign.
> Those symbols are converted to hyphen by groff in UTF-8 locales. '\-' should be
> used for minus sign (see groff_char(7) for details).
> 
Thanks. I should keep '-' in mind whenever I document the man page.




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* [Bug documentation/3507] use of "-" for minus sign in manpages
  2006-11-11 17:40 [Bug documentation/3507] New: use of "-" for minus sign in manpages eugen at debian dot org
                   ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2006-11-13  8:36 ` [Bug documentation/3507] " guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com
@ 2006-11-13 17:12 ` guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com
  2007-08-17 22:02 ` fche at redhat dot com
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From: guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com @ 2006-11-13 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: systemtap


------- Additional Comments From guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com  2006-11-13 08:35 -------
(In reply to comment #0)
> There are alot of places in manpages where symbol '-' is used for minus sign.
> Those symbols are converted to hyphen by groff in UTF-8 locales. '\-' should be
> used for minus sign (see groff_char(7) for details).

Patch committed. Now all the minus signs in man page should be \-

Just a question, how could I reproduce the problem of minus-sign to hyphen
problem in UTF-8 locale? I set "export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8" in a terminal and
then "make install && man lket-b2a" and everything including copy&paste looks
ok. I am using Fedora Core 6 & RHEL4 U4


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* [Bug documentation/3507] use of "-" for minus sign in manpages
  2006-11-11 17:40 [Bug documentation/3507] New: use of "-" for minus sign in manpages eugen at debian dot org
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  2006-11-13 17:12 ` guanglei at cn dot ibm dot com
@ 2007-08-17 22:02 ` fche at redhat dot com
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From: fche at redhat dot com @ 2007-08-17 22:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
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------- Additional Comments From fche at redhat dot com  2007-08-17 21:48 -------
Fixed some time ago.

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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED


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