> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 22:21:27 +0300 > From: Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> > Cc: bug-texinfo@gnu.org > > > From: Gavin Smith <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> > > Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2024 19:06:36 +0100 > > > > I saw this line had been added to NEWS: > > > > . Info: > > . Output a single hyphen at the start of a definition line > > > > This change was in commit 3ee7ac39a8 (dated 2024-07-06, applied 2024-09-29). > > > > The effect of this change is to have one hyphen rather than two: > > > > - -- Library Function: int foobar (int F---OO, float B--AR) > > + - Library Function: int foobar (int F---OO, float B--AR) > > > > I'm concerned whether this change to Info output for definition > > commands is necessary. Wouldn't it be better just to leave this output > > alone as people will be used to having it with two hyphens? Was it ever > > only one hyphen in the past (e.g. with Texinfo 4.13, before the Perl > > rewrite)? > > AFAICT, it changed from a single hyphen to 2 hyphens in or before > Texinfo 4.8.
Looks like it's this discussion: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-texinfo/2004-02/msg00021.html and this ChangeLog entry: 2004-02-10 Karl Berry <k...@gnu.org> * makeinfo/defun.c: --- (which gets reduced to --) instead of -- (which gets reduced to -). Report from Akim Demaille <a...@epita.fr>, 09 Feb 2004 18:06:29 +0100.
