Re: [docs] [PATCH 4/4] recipe-style-guide: Prune unicode from code example

Niko Mauno <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:07:45 +0300
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Hi Quentin,

On 7/27/26 8:18 PM, Quentin Schulz wrote:
> Hi Niko,
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> On 7/27/26 6:35 PM, Niko Mauno via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
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>> From: Niko Mauno <[email protected]>
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>> Copy-pasting example segment containing unicode characters causes
>> breakage like:
>>
>> =C2=A0=C2=A0 ERROR: ParseError at .../foobar.bb:158: unparsed line: 'RDE=
PENDS:=20
>> ${PN} =3D =E2=80=9Cfoo=E2=80=9D'
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>> therefore replace the unicode characters in the example with regular
>> ASCII characters.
>>
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> There's one additional location where we use those special characters,=20
> in documentation/contributor-guide/identify-component.rst, would you=20
> mind sending a patch for this as well please?

Certainly, I have now submitted a new patch for fixing that particular=20
issue also

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> I think it'd be nice to add a check in pre-commit such that those=20
> characters never (well, if one runs pre-commit :) ) make it to the docs=20
> again. Is this something you'd be interested in looking into maybe?
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This sounds interesting, let me see if I could whip up such new=20
pre-commit feature with LLM.

-Niko

> Reviewed-by: Quentin Schulz <[email protected]>
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> Thanks!
> Quentin