linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] docs: improve the HTML formatting of kerneldoc comments

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Message-ID: <877d1bmwgb.fsf@meer.lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 07 Oct 2022 10:26:28 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] docs: improve the HTML formatting of kerneldoc
 comments

Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org> writes:

> As I didn't test the patches, it sounds worth mentioning that it makes
> sense to check if this won't badly affect epub and/or LaTeX/PDF outputs.
>
> The LaTeX output generator in particular has a problem with long
> lines with fixed-width lines: if the text doesn't fit into one line, it
> either truncates it or makes the text go outside the margins.
>
> If the container affects the PDF outputs, we need to double-check if
> this would break its output.

So as far as I can tell, the PDF output is entirely unaffected.  I have
not read it all, though!  Is there a place in particular that you know
to be problematic where I should look?

Thanks,

jon