I checked the en/language/operators.xml file against the PDF document and
the -- is being turned into a endash even if it's inside a <programlisting>
block. I can try additionally surrounding them with literal tags to see if
that helps.
Anyone else have any suggestions? What about pre-processing the xml files
before it's passed to TeX, so that the -- can be escaped properly?
Daniel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jirka Kosek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: php.doc
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DOC] PDF bug with "--" operators
> Daniel Beckham wrote:
>
> > It seems that the -- (variable increment or decrement) is being
converted
> > into a single endash/emdash ( - ) in the PDF version of the manual. How
can
> > we go about fixing this issue? Is there anyone specifically in charge
of
> > the PDF generation?
>
> Most of TeX fonts have ligature which turns two - into en-dash. This
> behaviour is not in effect when using monospaced fonts. I can not check
> it in PDF version, but I think that -- are corrupted only inside of
> paragraphs, not in programlisting. Adding something like <literal>
> around inline code can help:
>
> E.g.
>
> Another good example of expression orientation is pre- and
> post-increment and decrement. Users of PHP/FI 2 and many other
> languages may be familiar with the notation of
> <literal>variable++</literal> and
> <literal>variable--</literal>. These are increment and decrement
> operators. In
> PHP/FI 2, the statement '<literal>$a++</literal>' has no value (is
> not an
> expression), and thus you can't assign it or use it in any way.
>
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