Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: note about make man with Asciidoctor backend

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 2, 2021, 20:07 UTC
Message-ID: <60b7e4fbc1e03_167521208cb@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <CAN0heSrNzxSpq=trPvOHAYx_yT1W=WuN1XstzTRjHdZko-i+DA@mail.gmail.com>

Martin Ågren wrote:

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> On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 10:13, Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > > Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > +   You can also do "make man" using Asciidoctor's manpage backend in
> > > > +   place of xmlto by passing USE_ASCIIDOCTOR_MANPAGE=YesPlease. Version
> > > > +   2.0 or later is highly recommended, as these version properly handle
> > > > +   apostrophes.
> > > > +
> > >
> > > Hmph, I wasn't closely following the previous discussion, but is the
> > > apostrophes the primary reason why anything below 2.0 is not usable?
> >
> > "Not usable"?
> >
> > I haven't been able to reproduce the original supposed problem, but even
> > if true, the man pages would be quite usable.
> 
> Even early 2.0.x had some issues [1].
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20190325190041.GM4047@pobox.com/

That issue affects only the docbook generation, not direct man pages.

So far nobody has mentioned any issues with USE_ASCIIDOCTOR_MANPAGE=1 in older asciidoctor, especially not regarding apostrophes.

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Felipe Contreras