[tz] [PATCH v2] tzfile.5: Fix indentation

Paul Eggert eggert at cs.ucla.edu
Mon Apr 8 19:56:01 UTC 2024


On 2024-04-08 10:46, Paul Eggert via tz wrote:
> On 2024-04-08 01:31, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> 
>> Hmmm.  I use "\-v" in the Linux man-pages, and it works
> 
> Ha! I just checked and it works for me too. It did not work in 2014. A

Unfortunately I spoke too quickly, as this does not work with Solaris 10 
troff. On that platform, this command:

   printf ' - \\- \\(mi\n' | troff | dpost

outputs a .ps file that, when converted to PDF, gives you U+002D 
(HYPHEN-MINUS), U+2013 (EN DASH), U+2212 (MINUS SIGN). So if TZDB wants 
to play nicely even on this obsolescent platform, it still needs to play 
its game with \*- instead. Oh well.


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