URL:
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Summary: deprecate the option '-k' on the command line
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: bjarniig
Submitted: Tue 23 Jan 2024 09:03:22 PM UTC
Category: General
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Feature change
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Planned Release: None
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Date: Tue 23 Jan 2024 09:03:22 PM UTC By: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Subject: deprecate the option '-k' on the command line
The option '-k' is superfluous,
1) the input file must be readable
2) thus the encoding can be found
3) '-k' is unnecessary used to find the encoding that can
already be found and used
4) the preconv is used every time to find the encoding of the file when used
as an input file, which is a waste of resources.
Actions:
1) man pages need to announce that '-k' is deprecated and '-K
<encoding>' should be used instead
2) the scripts "groff" and "nroff" should announce the same as the
man pages
3) other commands that accept the '-k' option should do the same.
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