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The GNU Privacy Handbook pdf version?

Sep 7, 2013, 2:09 AM

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Hi

I have been looking at the HTML and PDF versions of 'The GNU Privacy
Handbook'. I'm viewing http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/book1.html and
http://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual.pdf

I note that all the command parameters in the pdf version are marked up
with a single minus '-' prefix!

eg. gpg "-gen-key", which should, of course, be "--gen-key" (ie minus
minus)

I think I am subscribed to gnupg-doc@gnupg.org to find out how to update
the document, but the list appears to be dead?

Regards Charles Bradshaw

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Re: The GNU Privacy Handbook pdf version? [ In reply to ]

amk at amk

Sep 7, 2013, 8:28 AM

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On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 10:09:39AM +0100, Charles Bradshaw wrote:
> I note that all the command parameters in the pdf version are marked up
> with a single minus '-' prefix!

I wonder if this is a bug in whatever version of Texinfo was used to
produce the PDF. LaTeX normally turns '--' into a single en-dash.

I also wrote Mike Ashley asking for a pointer to the Texinfo source;
once we get a copy, we can try a current version of Texinfo and see if
the problem is fixed.

--amk

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Re: The GNU Privacy Handbook pdf version? [ In reply to ]

wk at gnupg

Sep 7, 2013, 11:41 AM

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On Sat, 7 Sep 2013 11:09, brad@bradcan.homelinux.com said:

> I note that all the command parameters in the pdf version are marked up
> with a single minus '-' prefix!

That is just one of the problems with SGML rendering tools. Actually
such examples should show up in a monspaces font so that you indeed
notice the two hyphens.

I talked with Mike and he would be fine to swicth to org-mode.

Salam-Shalom,

Werner

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