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

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Message-ID: <20190628225117.636f7f21@heffalump.sk2.org>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 22:51:17 +0200
From:   Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
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 12:48:04 -0600, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net> wrote:
> 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.

Indeed, there are more important things to worry about than dashes.

Regards,

Stephen

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