[PATCH] man2hlp breaks links in help file

Pavel Tsekov ptsekov at gmx.net
Tue Nov 21 14:02:47 UTC 2006


Hello Grogory,

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, Grigory Trenin wrote:

> src/man2hlp.c utility sometimes replaces spaces in the link target with 
> newlines.
> There is a workaround code in src/help.c:141, which handles that case.
>
> But it doesn't always help. If the link is used inside the indented
> block (made by .TP tag), man2hlp will insert additional spaces inside the 
> link.
> For example, the link "Directory tree" will become "Directory\n        Tree".
> This will result to a broken link.

I understand what's wrong but I'll need your help before
checking your patch. Since you already looked at that
code I'll ask you first before looking at the code myself -
isn't it better  to rip the link wrapping code out of
man2hlp.c and move it in the help viewer ? I think this
would be better fix in the long term.

Thanks!



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