Bug#1016412: dh-make: manpage.1.ex: Incorrect formatting for dash

2022-07-31 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Mike, At 2022-07-31T11:54:13-0400, Mike Bianchi wrote: > I come into this very late and without having studied the on-going > discussion. For this I apologize. > > > However, since many manual pages in existence are incorrect, and > > they use '-' >>> when they should use '\-' <<< ... > >

Bug#1016412: dh-make: manpage.1.ex: Incorrect formatting for dash

2022-07-31 Thread Mike Bianchi
I come into this very late and without having studied the on-going discussion. For this I apologize. > However, since many manual pages in existence are incorrect, and they > use '-' >>> when they should use '\-' <<< ... Let me take exception to the claim that '-' should be '\-' . In

Bug#1016412: dh-make: manpage.1.ex: Incorrect formatting for dash

2022-07-31 Thread Baptiste Beauplat
On 2022/07/31 02:04 PM, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote: > On 7/31/22 13:49, Baptiste Beauplat wrote: > > Hi Alejandro, > > > > On 2022/07/31 12:35 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > The template page 'manpage.1.ex' uses '-' instead of '\-' for a > > > dash that should be a Latin minus sign

Bug#1016412: dh-make: manpage.1.ex: Incorrect formatting for dash

2022-07-31 Thread Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)
Hi Baptiste, On 7/31/22 13:49, Baptiste Beauplat wrote: Hi Alejandro, On 2022/07/31 12:35 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: The template page 'manpage.1.ex' uses '-' instead of '\-' for a dash that should be a Latin minus sign (as it's in the context of command options). Using '-' would produce a

Bug#1016412: dh-make: manpage.1.ex: Incorrect formatting for dash

2022-07-31 Thread Baptiste Beauplat
Hi Alejandro, On 2022/07/31 12:35 PM, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > The template page 'manpage.1.ex' uses '-' instead of '\-' for a > dash that should be a Latin minus sign (as it's in the context of > command options). Using '-' would produce a hyphen, which if > copy, wouldn't be interpreted

Bug#1016412: dh-make: manpage.1.ex: Incorrect formatting for dash

2022-07-31 Thread Alejandro Colomar
Package: dh-make Version: 2.202202 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: alx.manpa...@gmail.com Hi, The template page 'manpage.1.ex' uses '-' instead of '\-' for a dash that should be a Latin minus sign (as it's in the context of command options). Using '-' would produce a hyphen, which if copy,