Paul DuBois <
paul@kitebird.com>, 2006-12-04 13:06 -0600:
> I'm finding in manpage output that text such as \t
> is output as \\t (correct), but \n is output as \n
> (that is, unchanged, and incorrect).
>
> I look in manpages/params.xsl, where I find this:
>
>
>
> <substitution oldstring="\\fB" newstring="\fB"/>
> <substitution oldstring="\\fI" newstring="\fI"/>
> <substitution oldstring="\\fR" newstring="\fR"/>
> <substitution oldstring="\\n" newstring="\n"/>
>
> If I remove that last line, the output comes out
> correctly as far as I can see (that is, \n is output
> as \\n). Comparing the old and new output for several
> manpages, I can't find other effect. But perhaps there is
> a better fix for the problem?
I guess I put that substition in there for some reason, but I
don't remember why now. I'll have to go back through the commit
logs and see. Anyway, there probably is some better fix. The
substition thing in the params.xsl file is just a hack to
workaround some cases I couldn't otherwise deal with in the
main part of manpages stylesheet.
--Mike