Hi,
How would I quote backslashes in a manual page correctly?
Currently I have the source:
with '"' around each argument, each '"'
in the string converted to '\\"' and each '\\' in the string
converted to '\\\\'.
This renders to:
with '"' around each argument, each '"'
in the string converted to '\"' and each '\' in the string
converted to '\\'.
which looks reasonable enough.
However lintian doesn't like this and flags the construct with "acute-accent-in-manual-page". Is this a bug in Lintian?
Greetings
Marc
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<div>This renders to:<br></div><div><br></div><div>with '"' around each argument, each '"'<br></div><div>in the string converted to '\"' and each '\' in the string<br></div><div>converted to '\\'.<br></div><div><br></div><div>which looks reasonableenough.<br></div><div><br></div><div>However lintian doesn't like this and flags the construct with<br></div><div>"acute-accent-in-manual-page". Is this a bug in Lintian?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Greetings<br></div><div>Marc<br></div><div><br></div><
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Hello!
I am an avid Pythonista and I was disappointed to learn that
sudo apt install qtile
No longer works. In my research, it appears that the qtile project relies
on packagers for each distribution - they do not do the packaging themselves.
I see that the Debian package is abandoned for some time now, and I wanted
to know if:
1) Would I need to use the procedure for submitting a new package, since
this one has been stale for so long?
2) Would I need to build for all the architectures that Debian supports?
3) Also, wanted to confirm that I would just need to ensure a reproducible build with valid metadata for aptitude, then package and submit the
results?
On Sun, Nov 21, 2021, at 15:40, Marc Haber wrote:
Hi,
How would I quote backslashes in a manual page correctly?
Currently I have the source:
with '"' around each argument, each '"'
in the string converted to '\\"' and each '\\' in the string
converted to '\\\\'.
This renders to:
with '"' around each argument, each '"'
in the string converted to '\"' and each '\' in the string
converted to '\\'.
which looks reasonable enough.
However lintian doesn't like this and flags the construct with "acute-accent-in-manual-page". Is this a bug in Lintian?
Greetings
Marc
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Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
Hello!
I am an avid Pythonista and I was disappointed to learn that
sudo apt install qtile
No longer works. In my research, it appears that the qtile project relies on packagers for each distribution - they do not do the packaging themselves.
I see that the Debian package is abandoned for some time now, and I wanted to know if:
1) Would I need to use the procedure for submitting a new package, since this one has been stale for so long?
2) Would I need to build for all the architectures that Debian supports?
3) Also, wanted to confirm that I would just need to ensure a reproducible build with valid metadata for aptitude, then package and submit the results?
How would I quote backslashes in a manual page correctly?
Currently I have the source:
with '"' around each argument, each '"'
in the string converted to '\\"' and each '\\' in the string
converted to '\\\\'.
This renders to:
with '"' around each argument, each '"'
in the string converted to '\"' and each '\' in the string
converted to '\\'.
which looks reasonable enough.
However lintian doesn't like this and flags the construct with "acute-accent-in-manual-page". Is this a bug in Lintian?
See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=966803#14:
if you want to *emit* a backslash, use \e.
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