[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Putting accented characters in manpages?



On Don, 06 Okt 2005, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > So, I guess that's not only me that would benefit from some light from
> > people from debian-mentors on what is the best-current-practice on
> > getting accented characters on manpages.
> 
> Basically, until UTF8 support is fully deployed for manpages (it isn't right
> now AFAIK), you have to refrain from using non-ASCII.

Well if the Name of the author contains latin1 characters, I would
suggest to include the letters. Otherwise it is just plain wrong.

Simple example: How to mention
	Frank Küster

No, he is not called "Kuster", nor "Kuester", ...


Best wishes

Norbert

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Norbert Preining <preining AT logic DOT at>             Università di Siena
sip:preining@at43.tuwien.ac.at                             +43 (0) 59966-690018
gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094      fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76  A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MELLON UDRIGLE (n.)
The ghastly sound made by traditional folksingers.
			--- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff



Reply to: