From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff King Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: Fix inconsistent quotes Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:04:54 -0400 Message-ID: <20150429200453.GA750@peff.net> References: <1430330932-10578-1-git-send-email-stefan@sevenbyte.org> <20150429185141.GA32207@peff.net> <20150429190946.GQ5467@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Stefan Tatschner , gitster@pobox.com, git@vger.kernel.org To: Jonathan Nieder X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 29 22:05:03 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YnYE9-0007QY-Pb for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 22:05:02 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750796AbbD2UE5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:04:57 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([50.56.180.127]:51787 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750729AbbD2UE4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:04:56 -0400 Received: (qmail 18872 invoked by uid 102); 29 Apr 2015 20:04:56 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.1) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:04:56 -0500 Received: (qmail 30047 invoked by uid 107); 29 Apr 2015 20:05:25 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:05:25 -0400 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 29 Apr 2015 16:04:54 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150429190946.GQ5467@google.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:09:46PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Hi, > > Jeff King wrote: > > > But IMHO, using backticks looks much better. In the roff-formatted > > manpages single quotes underline, but backticks use bold. > > Are you sure? My copy of git.1.gz has backticks converted into no > formatting at all: > > Other options are available to control how the manual page is displayed\&. See > \fBgit-help\fR(1) > for more information, because > git \-\-help \&.\&.\&. > is converted internally into > git help \&.\&.\&.\&. It's actually optional. See 5121a6d (Documentation: option to render literal text as bold for manpages, 2009-03-27). I don't see a good reason that wasn't made the default early, except conservatism. I've had it enabled for years (though I admit I don't read the manpages that much these days :) ). -Peff