Re: [hatari-devel] Hatari manual.html

[Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxx>]

On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 12:04:45 -0700 (MST)
David Savinkoff <dsavnkff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> ----- Thomas Huth <th.huth@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > Am Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:45:58 -0700 (MST)
> > schrieb David Savinkoff <dsavnkff@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I had a problem using the Hatari manual. I'm not a typist,
> > > so I select-copy-pasted a command line option from the
> > > Hatari Manual and got pranked real good.
> > > 
> > > http://hg.tuxfamily.org/mercurialroot/hatari/hatari/raw-file/tip/doc/manual.html#Command_line_options_and_arguments
> > > 
> > > I figured it out, but won't say, because that would give it away.
> > > 
> > > Sincerely,
> > > David Savinkoff
> > > 
> > > ps.
> > > 
> > > Hint:
> > > −−patch-tos <bool>
> > 
> > I guess you mean that one could easily confuse --patch-tos with
> > --fast-boot, especially since the fast-boot option is described with
> > "Patch TOS ..." in the GUI? ... that's really somewhat ugly, I think we
> > got to rephrase some sentences here and there...
> > 
> >  Thanks for the hint,
> >   Thomas
> 
> I was stumped when Hatari wouldn't accept 'any' options because
> the two dashes in front of −−patch-tos 0 must be minus signs
> as in --patch-tos 0 for example.
> 
> The leading dashes are not ASCII. ASCII dash is 0x2D.
> 
> This is noticed when one select-copy-pastes a command from
> manual.html to use the command in a shell.

D'oh, this was really hard to see by just looking at the text.
Explanation for the &minus; characters in the html: They were generated
automatically by groff when we converted the man-page information
for the manual.html file. I've fixed this now, thanks for the hint!

 Thomas