typo in "Getting Started with Rails", section 3.3

[leisti]

In the blue box, there's the following piece of code:

cd .. && rails new blog —database=mysql

The long dash ("—") just before the word "database" should be replaced by two ordinary dashes ("--"), The writer probably originally did write that, but it must have been mangled by an editor.

[radar]

Pinging @fxn about this. Similar issue in the edge engines guide with this text "Rails - as indicated by the --full".

[fxn]

Thanks guys, might be a markup detail I'll have a look into it.

[radar]

You know if we switched to Markdown we wouldn't have these problems runs

[fxn]

haha

[vijaydev]

1.9.3-p125 :007 > require 'redcloth'
 => false 
1.9.3-p125 :008 > t = RedCloth.new("--database")
 => "--database" 
1.9.3-p125 :009 > t.to_html
 => "<p>&#8212;database</p>" 

See http://redcloth.org/textile/writing-paragraph-text/#dashes

[carlosantoniodasilva]

Is there any pointers on how to fix this possible issue, given it's how RedCloth handles it?