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#473 [manual] >> is wrongly turned into » (guillemet)

TeX Live 2019
closed-fixed
manual (41)
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2019-02-07
2017-12-26
Aerijo None
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The manual often refers to », especially when talking about arrows. It was not until I reached Section 16.4.1 (p.198), where it gives examples using >>> that I realised TeX was applying a replacement, and the manual really meant >> wherever a » appeared. I feel this is a serious bug in the manual, and will mislead any who do not realise what has happened.

Discussion

  • Henri Menke

    Henri Menke - 2018-12-24

    This will be fixed by https://sourceforge.net/u/hmenke/pgf/ci/29f9bd23afba19d12f5f476c20fa6c0cdbe92dbd/ but one instance of » remains. That might be an engine bug but I was unable to reproduce in an MWE.

     

    Last edit: Henri Menke 2018-12-24
  • Stefan Pinnow

    Stefan Pinnow - 2018-12-29

    For the record: This can be found in the first codeexample of the .tip handler in pgfmanual-en-tikz-arrows.tex (and is also marked with a \todosp).

    And there is another one in the last codeexample of section 2.17 "Adding Arrow Tips" in file pgfmanual-en-tutorial.tex. (This is also marked with a \todosp.)

     

    Last edit: Stefan Pinnow 2019-01-06
  • Henri Menke

    Henri Menke - 2019-02-07
    • status: open --> closed-fixed
    • assigned_to: Henri Menke
    • Group: v1.0 (example) --> TeX Live 2019
     
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