[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #44899] generate_html: emdash hack breaks normal paragraphs

[Colin Macdonald]

URL:
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                 Summary: generate_html: emdash hack breaks normal paragraphs
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: cbm
            Submitted on: Wed 22 Apr 2015 12:45:49 PM GMT
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

In texi2html.m I found this hack which effects *all* emdashes:


  ## Hack around 'makeinfo' bug that forgets to put <p>'s before function
declarations
  text = strrep (text, "&mdash;", "<p class=\"functionfile\">");


E.g., I have the following in my texinfo with ascii emdashes "---":

%% The second form---with no output argument---is different; it
%% attempts to find @strong{all} instances of symbols with the same


This gives the following poor rendered in my browser:


The second form

with no output argument

is different; it attempts to find all instances of symbols with the same


and the HTML is messed up by the hack:


<p>The second form</p><p class="functionfile">with no output argument</p><p
class="functionfile">is different; it
attempts to find <strong>all</strong> instances of symbols with the same


So the hack is a bit over-reaching...  Actually AFAICT it does nothing useful
because the makeinfo seems to put the Function File inside "<dl><dt>" tags.

Should I remove this hack?





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