Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 09:24:00 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 246656] Unicode asterisks in ctime(3) may not render correctly Message-ID: <bug-246656-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246656 Bug ID: 246656 Summary: Unicode asterisks in ctime(3) may not render correctly Product: Documentation Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: Manual Pages Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: danfe@FreeBSD.org CC: doc@FreeBSD.org When tm structure is described in the ctime(3), it's supposed to be rendered as C code, with asterisks for char pointer (tm_zone) and comments (/* ... */). However, they may not be displayed correctly, depending if the user's font has the glyph for U+2217 (∗) ASTERISK OPERATOR (hex e2 88 97). For example, Luxi, DroidSans, DejaVuSans monospaced fonts have it, but e.g. Consolas does not (it renders nothing). With traditional "fixed" font, dotted square is drawn. On the FreeBSD virtual console with default settings, a square is drawn. Would it be possible to use the simple ASCII asterisks instead, like everywhere else in that page? As I read in the commit history of this file, although it is under contrib, it has diverged sufficiently from upstream (including a full whitespace commit and large portions rewritten), so perhaps we can also replace these Unicode asterisks with ASCII ones so it renders correctly everywhere. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.help
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