linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] docs: hwmon: tmp103.rst: fix bad usage of UTF-8 chars

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Message-ID: <a4d0e1cf-20f1-d87c-0af6-b39f45afae5f@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Tue, 11 May 2021 11:55:53 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] docs: hwmon: tmp103.rst: fix bad usage of UTF-8 chars

On 5/11/21 8:01 AM, 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+2013 ('–'): EN DASH
> 
> In this specific case, EN DASH was used instead of a minus
> sign. So, replace it by a single hyphen.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>

Confused. Is that supposed to replace the earlier patch (docs: hwmon:
avoid using UTF-8 chars) ? I thought that was more comprehensive
and just as valid. Anyway, should I drop that patch ?

Guenter

> ---
>   Documentation/hwmon/tmp103.rst | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/tmp103.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/tmp103.rst
> index e195a7d14309..b3ef81475cf8 100644
> --- a/Documentation/hwmon/tmp103.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/tmp103.rst
> @@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ Description
>   The TMP103 is a digital output temperature sensor in a four-ball
>   wafer chip-scale package (WCSP). The TMP103 is capable of reading
>   temperatures to a resolution of 1°C. The TMP103 is specified for
> -operation over a temperature range of –40°C to +125°C.
> +operation over a temperature range of -40°C to +125°C.
>   
>   Resolution: 8 Bits
> -Accuracy: ±1°C Typ (–10°C to +100°C)
> +Accuracy: ±1°C Typ (-10°C to +100°C)
>   
>   The driver provides the common sysfs-interface for temperatures (see
>   Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst under Temperatures).
>