Re: [Rfc-markdown] [xml2rfc] New xml2rfc release: v2.31.0

Hello Henrik,

On 9/25/19 5:09 PM, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> On 2019-09-25 22:56, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> This does not fix my character problem (probably was not intended to do
>> that):
>>
>> $ xml2rfc draft-moskowitz-hip-new-crypto-01.xml
>> Warning: Illegal character replaced in string: &#128;
>> Warning: Illegal character replaced in string: &#147;
>>    Created file draft-moskowitz-hip-new-crypto-01.txt
> No, this release addressed some issues raised by the RFC-Editor staff.
>
> FWIW, if you intend to move to v3, the seriesInfo name (where the
> problem is, in this case) will not allow non-ASCII characters.  The
> most straightforward approach is to include the reference information
> in your document directly, and replace the unicode en-dash with an
> ASCII dash:
>
> <reference anchor='ASIACRYPT-2017' >
>    <front>
>      <title>Full-State Keyed Duplex with Built-In Multi-user Support</title>
>      <author initials="J." surname="Daemen" fullname="Joan Daemen">
>        <organization></organization>
>      </author>
>      <author initials="B." surname="Mennink" fullname="Bart Mennink">
>        <organization></organization>
>      </author>
>      <author initials="G." surname="Van Assche" fullname="Gilles Van Assche">
>        <organization></organization>
>      </author>
>      <date year="2017"/>
>    </front>
>    <seriesInfo name="Advances in Cryptology - ASIACRYPT 2017" value="pp. 606-637"/>
>    <seriesInfo name="DOI" value="10.1007/978-3-319-70697-9_21"/>
> </reference>

I will use this as a quick fix so I can get this submitted.

> The more general solution (which isn't available immediately) is that the
> bibxml7 script is modified to transcode non-ASCII punctuation to ASCII
> equivalents.

This sounds like the best path, as there will be other citations that 
will have non-ASCII codes.

> xml2rfc does this for body text, to avoid unnecessary issues with smart
> quotes etc., but it does not look at attribute values in reference entries
> when doing this.  I don't know, maybe it should.  Or maybe not.

But then if it is put into xml2rfc, it fixes it there and does not 
interfere with whatever else bibxml7 is used for?

Thanks

>
>
> Regards,
>
> 	Henrik
>
>
>
>> $ xml2rfc --version
>> xml2rfc 2.31.0
>>
>>
>> On 9/25/19 4:42 PM, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> This is an automatic notification about a new xml2rfc release,
>>> v2.31.0, generated when running the mkrelease script.
>>>
>>> Release notes:
>>>
>>> xml2rfc (2.31.0) ietf; urgency=medium
>>>
>>>     This release adds a feature to help with conditional line breaking
>>>     inside table cells, and tweaks the layout of text in cells slightly.  It
>>>     also fixes an incorrect line-break point and second-line indentation for
>>>     long section titles in the v3 text formatter.  From the commit log:
>>>
>>>     * Fixed an issue with leading and trailing space padding in table cells,
>>>       and refined it to consider the alignment setting.
>>>
>>>     * Modified the text formatter to accept &zwsp; as a potential line-break
>>>       point.
>>>
>>>     * Included zwsp in allowed special characters (in addition to nbsp, nbhy,
>>>       word-joiner and line-separator).
>>>
>>>     * Fixed the line-breaking and second-line indentation of section titles
>>>       in v3 text output.
>>>
>>>     * The start of an emacs nXML mode schema which explicitly mentions
>>>       xinclud in a couple of places.
>>>
>>>     * Removed code left in pdf.py by mistake, and set options.pdf=True when
>>>       in the PdfWriter.
>>>
>>>    -- Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com>  25 Sep 2019 13:38:34 -0700
>>>
>>> The preferred way to install xml2rfc is by doing 'pip install xml2rfc',
>>> and 'pip install --upgrade xml2rfc' to upgrade.  If there are system-
>>> installed python modules which pip will not upgrade, you may have to
>>> use 'pip install --upgrade --no-deps xml2rfc' and install dependencies
>>> manually.
>>>
>>> The new version is also available through SVN checkout, with
>>>     'svn checkout http://svn.tools.ietf.org/svn/tools/xml2rfc/tags/cli/2.31.0'
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> 	Henrik
>>> 	(via the mkrelease script)
>>>
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