linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 28/53] docs: filesystems: ext4: avoid using UTF-8 chars

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Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 15:23:22 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 28/53] docs: filesystems: ext4: avoid using UTF-8 chars

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 12:26:40PM +0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> While UTF-8 characters can be used at the Linux documentation,
> the best is to use them only when ASCII doesn't offer a good replacement.
> So, replace the occurences of the following UTF-8 characters:
> 
> 	- U+201c ('“'): LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
> 	- U+201d ('”'): RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
> 	- U+2217 ('∗'): ASTERISK OPERATOR
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>

Thanks,

					- Ted