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commit 17e55e8b93fd886c673a0954d0abf08c8e1655b9
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Jul 26 14:25:09 2024 -0500
[docs]: Recast unrecognized escape sequence stuff.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 8 ++++----
man/groff.7.man | 17 +++++++++--------
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index c787d5d90..eaafb6e70 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -7088,10 +7088,10 @@ package you use; consult its documentation to learn of
``safe''
sequences or alternative facilities it provides to achieve the desired
result.
-If an escape character is followed by a character that does not
-identify a defined operation, the escape character is ignored (producing
-a diagnostic of the @samp{escape} warning category, which is not enabled
-by default) and the following character is processed normally.
+If an escape character is followed by a character that does not identify
+a defined operation, GNU @code{troff} ignores the escape character
+(producing a warning in category @samp{escape} if enabled), processing
+the next character as if it were not preceded by an escape character.
@Example
$ groff -T ps -ww
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 2fa40f112..674842321 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -1686,15 +1686,16 @@ In no case can an escape sequence parameter contain a
newline.
.
.
.P
-If an escape character is followed by a character that does not
-identify a defined operation,
-the escape character is ignored
-(producing
-a diagnostic of the
+If an escape character is followed by a character
+that does not identify a defined operation,
+GNU
+.I troff \" GNU
+ignores the escape character
+(producing a warning in category
.RB \[lq] escape \[rq]
-warning category,
-which is not enabled by default)
-and the following character is processed normally.
+if enabled),
+processing the next character
+as if it were not preceded by an escape character.
.
.
.P
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