gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit 74ec3b551b14950fd72010d4c69df51ff615d289
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Jul 23 13:11:52 2025 -0500
doc/*,man/*: Use idiomatic terminology.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 15 +++++++++------
man/groff_diff.7.man | 2 +-
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index a97181f67..037c96edf 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -20053,13 +20053,16 @@ is---and you'll likely get something other than a
backslash in the
output.} regardless of whether it is used in a diversion; it also works
in both GNU @code{troff} and @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}.
-The other correct way, appropriate in contexts independent of the
-backslash's common use as a @code{troff} escape character---perhaps in
-discussion of character sets or other programming languages---is
-the character escape @code{\(rs} or @code{\[rs]}, for ``reverse
-solidus'', from its name in the @acronym{ECMA}-6 and @w{ISO 10646}
+The other correct way,
+appropriate in contexts independent of the backslash's common use as a
+@code{roff}
+escape character---perhaps in discussion of character sets or other
+programming languages---is the special character escape sequence
+@code{\(rs} or @code{\[rs]},
+for ``reverse solidus'',
+from its name in the @acronym{ECMA}-6 and @w{ISO 10646}
standards.@footnote{@acronym{AT&T}
-@command{troff}'s
+@command{troff}'s @c AT&T
font description files
did not define the
@code{rs}
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 7d90d9813..3f854c947 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -6693,7 +6693,7 @@ The other correct way,
appropriate in contexts independent of the backslash's common use as a
.I roff
escape character\[em]perhaps in discussion of character sets or other
-programming languages\[em]is the character escape
+programming languages\[em]is the special character escape sequence
.B \[rs](rs
or
.BR \[rs][rs] ,
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