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Re: Bug#737552: manpage formatting issues



Hi Brian, and French translators,

On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 05:26:15PM +0100, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Mon 03 Feb 2014 at 13:17:36 -0400, David Prévot wrote:
> 
> > Jean-Paul, the manpage French translator, noticed formatting issues in
> > ipptool.1, patch attached (ipptool.man-fix-options.layout.patch).
> > 
> > He also noticed the fonts (italic/bold) were messed up, here is a more
> > invasive patch to follow man(1) conventions for ipptool.1
> > (ipptool.man-follow-conventions.patch) – besides a typo fix
> > (s/sucessful/successful/), the patch “only” touches the layout.
> > 
> > My guess is the other pages are also affected by such formatting issues,
> > and I’m happy to provide patches to fix them too in the form you prefer,
> > providing that you’re willing to accept them (because it’s kinda
> > time-consuming to prepare), or even better if upstream would be willing
> > to accept them. I’m happy to follow your guidance (pointers) if you wish
> > me to contact upstream directly.
> 
> At
> 
>   https://www.cups.org/documentation.php/doc-2.0/relnotes.html?VERSION=2.0
> 
> we have
> 
>   Adopted Linux man page conventions and updated all man pages (STR #4372, STR #4329)

Thank you for the fix and the heads up!

> Please would you take a look at the man pages in cups in unstable and
> see whether your concerns with formatting issues can be put to rest.

CCing the French translators in case they have time to have a look (I’ll
be away in the next few weeks). Jean-Paul, maybe the French translation
needs an update anyway.

Regards

David

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