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 -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'

