linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: format kernel-parameters -- as code

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Message-ID: <20190628124804.5ce44f04@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 12:48:04 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: format kernel-parameters -- as code

On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:38:41 +0200
Stephen Kitt <steve@....org> wrote:

> Right, looking further shows a large number of places where -- is handled
> incorrectly. The following patch disables this “smart” handling wholesale;
> I’ll follow up (in the next few days) with patches to use real em- and
> en-dashes where appropriate.

Thanks for figuring that out, it seems like the right thing to do.

Let's not worry about "real" dashes for now.  Not everybody welcomes
non-ascii characters in the docs and, for dashes, it's something I deemed
not worth fighting about.

Thanks,

jon