[vdr] Re: [PATCH] vdr.1, vdr.5 and UTF-8

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Darren Salt wrote:
> Even if vdr doesn't get along with UTF-8 locales, there's no reason why the
> man pages shouldn't be properly displayable in them. The attached patch fixes
> this by escaping hyphens in option names and replacing non-ASCII characters
> with equivalent macros.
>
> [ ...manpage_locale_independent.patch...]
Just wondering: is there a particular reason why you left out these:


--- vdr.1       2004/06/13 14:48:03     1.11
+++ vdr.1       2004/12/18 12:26:25
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@
 [ ... ]
-implements a complete digital Set-Top-Box and Video Recorder.
-It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB-S) as
-well as cable (DVB-C) and terrestrial (DVB-T) signals.
+implements a complete digital Set\-Top\-Box and Video Recorder.
+It can work with signals received from satellites (DVB\-S) as
+well as cable (DVB\-C) and terrestrial (DVB\-T) signals.


@@ -127,10 +127,10 @@
 .TP
 .B 1
 An error has been detected which requires the DVB driver and \fBvdr\fR
-to be re-loaded.
+to be re\-loaded.
 .TP
 .B 2
-An non-recoverable error has been detected, \fBvdr\fR has given up.
+An non\-recoverable error has been detected, \fBvdr\fR has given up.
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 .I channels.conf


--- vdr.5       2004/10/31 12:13:43     1.29
+++ vdr.5       2004/12/18 12:28:08
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@
 \fBRTL Television,RTL;RTL World:...\fR
 .TP
 .B Frequency
-The transponder frequency (as an integer). For DVB-S this value is in MHz. For DVB-C
-and DVB-T it can be given either in MHz, kHz or Hz (the actual value given will be
+The transponder frequency (as an integer). For DVB\-S this value is in MHz. For DVB\-C
+and DVB\-T it can be given either in MHz, kHz or Hz (the actual value given will be
 multiplied by 1000 until it is larger than 1000000).
 .TP
 .B Parameters
-Various parameters, depending on whether this is a DVB-S, DVB-C or DVB-T channel.
+Various parameters, depending on whether this is a DVB\-S, DVB\-C or DVB\-T channel.
 Each parameter consist of a key character, followed by an integer number that
 represents the actual setting of that parameter. The valid key characters, their
 meaning (and allowed values) are

[ ... and lots more ...]



I guess a simple "change all '-' to '\-'" should be ok, shouldn't it?

Klaus