Author: ken
Date: 2006-03-30 05:23:20 -0700 (Thu, 30 Mar 2006)
New Revision: 7476
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter06/man-db.xml
Log:
Correct my wrong UTF-8 comment.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-03-30 11:58:34 UTC (rev 7475)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-03-30 12:23:20 UTC (rev 7476)
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>March 30, 2006</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[ken] - Correct my erroneous comment about UTF-8 locales in
+ Man-DB. Thanks to Alexander for explaining it.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>March 29, 2006</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/man-db.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/man-db.xml 2006-03-30 11:58:34 UTC (rev 7475)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/man-db.xml 2006-03-30 12:23:20 UTC (rev 7476)
@@ -119,10 +119,12 @@
<para>Some packages provide UTF-8 man pages which this version of
<command>man</command> is unable to display. The following script will
allow some of these to be converted into the expected encodings shown in
- the table below. It will not help if you are using a UTF-8 locale.
- Because this script is intended for limited use during the system build,
- for public data, we will not bother with error checking, nor use a
- non-predictable temporary file name.</para>
+ the table below. Man-DB expects the manual pages to be in the encodings
+ in the table, and will convert them as necessary to the actual locale
+ encoding when it displays them, so that they will display in both UTF-8
+ and traditional locales. Because this script is intended for limited use
+ during the system build, for public data, we will not bother with error
+ checking, nor use a non-predictable temporary file name.</para>
<screen><userinput>cat >>convert-mans <<"EOF"
<literal>#!/bin/sh -e
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