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

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Message-ID: <20190628091021.457d0301@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 09:10:21 -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 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:59:38 +0200
Stephen Kitt <steve@....org> wrote:

> The current ReStructuredText formatting results in "--", used to
> indicate the end of the kernel command-line parameters, appearing as
> an en-dash instead of two hyphens; this patch formats them as code,
> "``--``", as done elsewhere in the documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>

A worthy fix, I've applied it.  This seems like the sort of annoyance that
will bite us over and over, though.  We might want to find a more
comprehensive way to turn this behavior off.

Thanks,

jon