Re: [PATCH] docs: fix literal quoted spaces

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 04:06:24PM +0100, Adam Dinwoodie wrote:
>
>> When compiling the documentation, asciidoc thinks a backtick surrounded
>> by whitespace shouldn't be interpreted as marking the start or end of a
>> literal.  In most cases, that's useful behaviour, but in the git-pull
>> documentation the space is clearly intended to be part of the monospace
>> formatted text.
>
> Good catch.
>
>> Instead, use + to avoid asciidoc's literal passthrough, and encode the
>> space as {sp}.  In particular, this means asciidoc will correctly detect
>> the end of the monospace formatting, rather than having it continue past
>> the backtick.
>
> In these particular cases, is the space adding anything? Would a simpler
> fix be to just use:
>
>   ...the value on `URL:` line
>
> We've had such headaches with other entities like {sp} between different
> asciidoc versions (not to mention asciidoctor) that I tend to reach for
> the simplest solution.

Me, too (and no, I am not from AOL).  If `URL:` is typeset correctly
the approach to drop the space is much more preferred.

> (I'd also suggest the minor English correct of saying "_the_ URL line";
> that's orthogonal to what you're trying to fix, but may make sense on
> top while we're here).
>
> -Peff