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* [patch], iso_8859-*.7: Explanation of SOFT HYPHEN and the code for it
@ 2012-05-10 19:42 Bjarni Ingi Gislason
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From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason @ 2012-05-10 19:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Package: man-pages
Version: 3.40
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

  From "groff -ww ...":

<groff: iso_8859-2.7>:89: warning: can't find special character `shc'

  This is the only "iso_8859-*.7" file that has this (now)
undefined character.  The code in column four in "iso_8859-1.7" is
"0x2D" ("HYPHEN, MINUS SIGN" or "HYPHEN-MINUS") instead of "0xAD". 
See Debian bug 156154 (or package "manpages").

  There should be an explanation for this graphic character and the
code should be 0xAD in iso_8859-1.7 (as in all others), even though
"[gn]roff" does not display a "HYPHEN" in that position of the table.

  The line with "SOFT HYPHEN" gets a footnote and a short
explanation.  The footnote is from the official ISO standard.

  Suggested patch for one of the files:

--- iso_8859-1.7	2012-04-26 22:58:39.000000000 +0000
+++ iso_8859-1.7.new	2012-05-10 16:01:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 The fourth column will only show the proper glyphs
 in an environment configured for ISO 8859-1.
 .TS
-l l l c lp-1.
+l2 l2 l2 c2 lp-1.
 Oct	Dec	Hex	Char	Description
 _
 240	160	A0	 	NO-BREAK SPACE
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 252	170	AA	ª	FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR
 253	171	AB	«	LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
 254	172	AC	¬	NOT SIGN
-255	173	AD	-	SOFT HYPHEN
+255	173	AD	­	SOFT HYPHEN (shown as a hyphen at line breaks)¹
 256	174	AE	®	REGISTERED SIGN
 257	175	AF	¯	MACRON
 260	176	B0	°	DEGREE SIGN
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@
 376	254	FE	þ	LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN
 377	255	FF	ÿ	LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
 .TE
+  ¹ A graphic character that is imaged by a graphic symbol
+identical with, or similar to, that representing HYPHEN, for use
+when a line break has been established wihin a word.
+.BR "ISO 8859-1:1987" ,
+paragraph 6.3.3.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .BR ascii (7),
 .BR iso_8859-15 (7)

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Bjarni I. Gislason
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2012-06-19  7:59               ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2012-06-19 19:30               ` Bjarni Ingi Gislason
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2012-07-07  6:01                   ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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2012-07-10 23:46                       ` Bjarni Ingi Gislason
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2012-08-13 22:07                           ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2012-08-14 15:32                             ` Bjarni Ingi Gislason
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2012-08-14 19:16                                 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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2012-08-15 22:16                                     ` Bjarni Ingi Gislason
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2012-08-16  5:58                                         ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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2012-08-16 18:40                                             ` Bjarni Ingi Gislason
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2012-08-17  5:26                                                 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)

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