On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 15:33:20 +0200 Rafael Laboissiere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...We should > consider the NAME section of a manpage as a kind of machine-readable > description. For instance, it would make no sense to have markups like > bold and italics in it. > > However, *(C` and *(C' represent quotes and, since quotes can be safely > represented in ascii with '"', the authors of the POD sections in > packages concerned by this bug report should make this change. Wouldn't it be simpler to change the 'Pod::Man' code to filter out (or safely translate) the NAME section cruft? Pros/cons: 1) Only one package to change versus Several packages to change. 2) Fixes the problem forever vs It may happen again (more bugs). 3) POD authors not involved vs POD authors must be told, and must learn new stuff. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
