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Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] doc: introducing synopsis para

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Josh Steadmon <steadmon@google.com>
Date
Sep 20, 2024, 23:14 UTC
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On 2024.09.13 11:15, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> "Jean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > In the continuation of the simplification of manpage editing, the synopsis
> > processing that was developed for synopsis paragraph style is also applied
> > to all inline backquoted texts.
> >
> > Refining the magic regexp took more time than expected, but this one should
> > really enhance writers'experience. I had to fight a bit more with
> > asciidoctor, due to discrepancies between version 2.0 on my laptop and the
> > 1.5.6 used by Github actions.
> >
> > The git-init and git-clone manpages are converted to this new system.
> 
> The fact that such a "magic" processing will hide the gory details
> from those whose primary interest is to describe the commands and
> their options cuts both ways.  While I can understand that purists
> would find it ugly, as `backticks` is now much more than a mark-up
> that means "this text is typeset in monospace", it is a very welcome
> thing for developers around here, who just want to write their
> document in a way even whose source is readable without having to
> worry about suh gory details.  Maybe this gets popular enough after
> other projects notice what you did to AsciiDoctor, love it, adopt
> it, and eventually it feeds back to improve AsciiDoctor proper ;-).
> 
> So, unless there are objections and people want to discuss it further,
> I'll mark the topic for 'next' soonish.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

This still breaks on MacOS, as `sed` doesn't understand the '-E' option there.

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  1. 0/3 doc: introducing synopsis paraJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Jul 23, 2024
  2. 1/3 doc: introduce a synopsis custom paragraph attributeJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Jul 23, 2024
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2024
  4. 2/3 doc: update the guidelines to reflect the current formatting rulesJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Jul 23, 2024
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 23, 2024
  6. 3/3 doc: apply synopsis simplification on git-clone and git-initJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Jul 23, 2024
  7. Jean-Noël AVILAJul 23, 2024
  8. 0/3 doc: introducing synopsis paraJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Jul 24, 2024
  9. 1/3 doc: introduce a synopsis custom paragraph attributeJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Jul 24, 2024
  10. 2/3 doc: update the guidelines to reflect the current formatting rulesJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Jul 24, 2024
  11. 3/3 doc: apply synopsis simplification on git-clone and git-initJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Jul 24, 2024
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 24, 2024
  13. Jean-Noël AVILAJul 25, 2024
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2024
  15. 0/3 doc: introducing synopsis paraJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Aug 11, 2024
  16. 1/3 doc: introduce a synopsis custom paragraph attributeJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Aug 11, 2024
  17. 2/3 doc: update the guidelines to reflect the current formatting rulesJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Aug 11, 2024
  18. Eric SunshineAug 11, 2024
  19. Jean-Noël AvilaAug 12, 2024
  20. 3/3 doc: apply synopsis simplification on git-clone and git-initJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Aug 11, 2024
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 19, 2024
  22. Jean-Noël AVILAAug 21, 2024
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2024
  24. 0/3 doc: introducing synopsis paraJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Sep 5, 2024
  25. 1/3 doc: introduce a synopsis typesettingJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Sep 5, 2024
  26. 2/3 doc: update the guidelines to reflect the current formatting rulesJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Sep 5, 2024
  27. 3/3 doc: apply synopsis simplification on git-clone and git-initJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Sep 5, 2024
  28. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2024
  29. Josh SteadmonSep 20, 2024
  30. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2024
  31. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2024
  32. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2024
  33. Chris TorekSep 21, 2024
  34. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2024
  35. 0/3 doc: introducing synopsis paraJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Sep 24, 2024
  36. 1/3 doc: introduce a synopsis typesettingJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Sep 24, 2024
  37. 2/3 doc: update the guidelines to reflect the current formatting rulesJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Sep 24, 2024
  38. 3/3 doc: apply synopsis simplification on git-clone and git-initJean-Noël Avila via GitGitGadget, Sep 24, 2024
  39. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2024
  40. Torsten BögershausenSep 24, 2024
  41. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2024
  42. Josh SteadmonOct 2, 2024
  43. Junio C HamanoOct 2, 2024
  44. Josh SteadmonSep 24, 2024
  45. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2024

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