Control: tags -1 wontfix

On 2014-02-20 Bjarni Ingi Gislason <[email protected]> wrote:
> Source: findutils
> Version: 4.5.12
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch

> Dear Maintainer,

>   Changes in the file "find/oldfind.1":

>   \- in(side) a compound word (option) changed to - (hyphen-minus, u002D)

>   People, that want a special edition for paste-and-cut, can use the
> command 'man --ascii', try the command 'info' or the command 'man'
> should have an option for emitting the code for 'hyphen-minus' instead
> of the (different) code for the minus- or hyphen-glyph.  The
> copy-and-pasting uses the code, not the names of glyphs.

>   Problems with UTF-8 and copy-and-paste should be solved on the
> metalevel, not in each individual man page.

>   Spelling rules tell us to use a hyphen in a compound word.  Using a
> minus is also a fallacy.

>   Patch:
[...]
> -.B \-\-without\-fts
> +.B \-\-without-fts

I disagree. The option uses the ASCII 2D character, the manpage should
show it.

cu Andreas
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