gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 12437b61d36b297947adfb4a926a2e600145dcf2
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 7 02:52:18 2022 -0500
groff_char(7): Fix content and style nits.
* It isn't just macro call processing that treats " specially.
* Use active voice and be more specific.
---
man/groff_char.7.man | 11 +++++++++--
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index 9d863104..ca3979af 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ they replace.
The first,
the neutral double quote,
is a partial exception because it does represent itself,
-but since it is also used by
+but since the
.I roff
-systems to quote macro arguments,
+language also uses it to quote macro arguments,
.I groff
supports a special character escape sequence as an alternative form so
that the glyph can be easily included in macro arguments without
@@ -312,6 +312,13 @@ requiring the user to master the quoting rules that AT&T
.I troff
required in that context.
.
+(Some requests,
+like
+.BR ds ,
+also treat
+.B \[dq]
+non-literally.)
+.
Furthermore,
not all of the special character escape sequences are portable to AT&T
.I troff
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