Re: Integration of dictionary package

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Torsten Hilbrich <emacs.nolkaf@hilbrich.tk> [2020-11-20 08:29]:
> On 20.11.20 03:32, Jean Louis wrote:
> > ?boobytrapped?
> > 
> > Some words appear with question marks. Do you know why is it so?
> > 
> 
> I found examples of this in the jargon file. It seems to be some kind of
> emphasis of the text. I compared with pure html versions and it seems
> that there single quotes are used, like in
> http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/foo.html
> 
> dict: ?Fucked Up Beyond All Repair?
> html: ‘Fucked Up Beyond All Repair’
> 
> This seems to be caused by the convertion process of the jargon file
> into the dictionary format (maybe by limitations of ASCII).
> 
> We could do some post-processing on the text returned by the server
> (which is already done to mark links). But the pattern would be quite
> complex and most likely specific to the dictionary used.

If that is not bug in your package then maybe it is in how dictd
outputs those chars. If it outputs question marks, than is better
leaving it as future may bring enhancement from server side.

If package does not interpret some char and is replacing it with
question mark then it could be bug.