Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH for-4.7 2/3] docs/xsplice: Fix syntax when compiling to pdf with pandoc

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 03:41:49PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 19/05/16 15:36, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 03:29:45PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> >> Pandoc (version 1.12.4.2 from Debian Jessie) complains at the embedded \n 
> >> in
> >> the signature checking paragraph.
> >>
> >>   /usr/bin/pandoc --number-sections --toc --standalone 
> >> misc/xsplice.markdown
> >>     --output pdf/misc/xsplice.pdf
> >>   ! Undefined control sequence.
> >>   l.1085 appended\textasciitilde{}\n
> >>
> >> Surround the string in backticks to make it verbatim text.
> > Ok, where is that change?
> 
> > @@ -1007,46 +1007,46 @@ expecting such that it can properly do signature 
> > verification.
> >  
> >  The signature is based on the all of the payloads continuously laid out
> >  in memory. The signature is to be appended at the end of the ELF payload
> > -prefixed with the string '~Module signature appended~\n', followed by
> > +prefixed with the string `'~Module signature appended~\n'`, followed by
> >  an signature header then followed by the signature, key identifier, and 
> > signers
> >  name.
> 
> ^ Here.

Thank you!
> 
> >> While altering this file, strip the substantial quantity of trailing
> >> whitespace.
> > Please do not. That was added specifically there otherwise
> > markdown messes it up when doing HTML and the lines get mangled up.
> 
> Markdown isn't whitespace sensitive, so that really shouldn't be doing
> anything.  If you want a verbatim text block, indent it by 4 characters.

https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax

"When you do want to insert a <br /> break tag using Markdown, you end a
line with two or more spaces, then type return."

But if this can be done with indenting it with 4 characters that would
work too.

> 
> ~Andrew

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