Re: readme.gentoo.eclass: use echo -e instead of plain echo (Was: Re: [gentoo-dev] readme.gentoo.eclass: Add a DISABLE_AUTOFORMATTING variable=

[Ben de Groot <yngwin@gentoo.org>]

On 28 January 2013 12:37, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sunday 27 January 2013 13:21:27 Pacho Ramos wrote:
>> The problem is that it doesn't work so well. If I have the following at
>> src_prepare (for example):
>> src_prepare() {
>>         DOC_CONTENTS="You must create a symlink rom /etc/splash/tuxonice
>> to the theme you want tuxonice to use, e.g.: \n
>>                       # ln -sfn /etc/splash/emergence /etc/splash/tuxonice \n"
>> ...
>>
>> and I handle ${DOC_CONTENTS} with quotes, it will end writing that tabs
>> also in generated file as the contents of the variable will be put
>> as-is. On the other hand, if I don't put it between quotes
>
> forcibly normalizing whitespace for all callers is wrong imo (as is sending it
> through `fmt`).  if the caller gave you content to write, it should write it.
> if the caller didn't want tabs, it shouldn't have used it in the first place.
> -mike

I've started using this eclass, but with README files, not the variable,
because this is currently the only way I can make sure it honours my
formatting.

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Cheers,

Ben | yngwin
Gentoo developer
Gentoo Qt project lead, Gentoo Wiki admin