Re: [PATCH] docs: format kernel-parameters -- as code

From: Jonathan Corbet
Date: Fri Jun 28 2019 - 11:10:24 EST


On Thu, 27 Jun 2019 15:59:38 +0200
Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> The current ReStructuredText formatting results in "--", used to
> indicate the end of the kernel command-line parameters, appearing as
> an en-dash instead of two hyphens; this patch formats them as code,
> "``--``", as done elsewhere in the documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Kitt <steve@xxxxxxx>

A worthy fix, I've applied it. This seems like the sort of annoyance that
will bite us over and over, though. We might want to find a more
comprehensive way to turn this behavior off.

Thanks,

jon