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commit 806866a0fee2f0ef5a6247ff31cf9ff3b913cea8
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
Date: Sun Oct 29 22:14:21 2017 -0400
groff_man(7): Further recast explanation of \&.
Also delete example since the escape sequence description is now
clear and precise enough that the example is no longer necessary.
Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
---
tmac/groff_man.7.man | 17 ++++-------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man b/tmac/groff_man.7.man
index 4ec6b20..c6ce279 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man
@@ -1223,22 +1223,13 @@ There are 2.54\e\ cm in an inch, and 1,024\e\ bytes in
1\e\ kiB.
.B \e&
Zero-width space.
.
-Can be used after an end-of-sentence punctuation sequence at the end of
-an input line to prevent its recognition as such, and before a dot or
-apostrophe at the beginning of an input line to prevent its
-interpretation as the beginning of a
+Append to an input line to prevent an end-of-sentence punctuation
+sequence from being recognized as such, or insert at the beginning of an
+input line to prevent a dot or apostrophe from being interpreted as the
+beginning of a
.I roff
request.
.
-.RS
-.IP
-.EX
-Using a boot argument of
-\e&'sound=0' disables the sound driver, according to J.\e&
-Alfred Prufrock.
-.EE
-.RE
-.
.TP
.B \e(aq
ASCII apostrophe.
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