The GNU Privacy Handbook pdf version?

[Charles Bradshaw]

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 at gnupg.org to find out how to update
the document, but the list appears to be dead?

Regards Charles Bradshaw

[A.M. Kuchling]

Post by Charles Bradshaw
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

[Werner Koch]

Post by Charles Bradshaw
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