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commit 1bcec204a165dccc2b2738f880f1490d4a528d3d
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Oct 9 01:50:40 2020 +1100
groff_char(7): Clarify discussion of NBSP and SHY.
Mention @g@troff instead of groff since formatter behavior is
specifically at issue.
Thanks to Dave Kemper for the discussion.
Fixes item #4 in Savannah #57618.
---
man/groff_char.7.man | 18 ++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index 8ec6fd9..b544735 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -488,14 +488,17 @@ input.
.
.
.P
-Two non-printing characters in the Latin-1 supplement are handled
-specially.
+Two characters in the Latin-1 supplement are handled specially.
+.
+.I @g@troff
+never produces them as output.
.
.
.TP
NBSP
-encodes the no-break space,
-and is mapped to
+encodes the no-break space.
+.
+On input it is mapped to
.BR \[rs]\[ti] ,
the adjustable non-breaking space escape.
.
@@ -504,10 +507,9 @@ the adjustable non-breaking space escape.
SHY
encodes the soft hyphen character.
.
-.I groff
-never uses this character for output;
-on input it is mapped to the hyphenation control escape,
-.BR \[rs]% .
+On input it is mapped to
+.BR \[rs]% ,
+the hyphenation control escape.
.
.
.P
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