Re: Issues in man pages of lilypond

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Hello Werner,
Am Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 05:41:39AM +0000 schrieb Werner LEMBERG:
> > Man page: abc2ly.1
> > Issue 1:  abc2ly → B<abc2ly>
> 
> I presume that you are talking about `abc2ly` not printed as bold in
> the `DESCRIPTION` section of the man page.

Yes.

> We are using `help2man` (version 1.47.4, but the latest one, 1.49.3,
> gives the same results for this issue), and this is what we get.

Ok, then you are probably limited by the tool, so you need to
disregard those parts of my report.

> > Man page: abc2ly.1
> > Issue:    this help → a help screen
> > 
> > "show this help and exit"
> 
> What you suggest is not what GNU programs like `rm`, `ls`, or `dir`
> do.  I'm not going to change it for this reason.

Ok. This again is a limitation of help2man.

Greetings

         Helge
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