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commit 61a6bac1e37b03ff3c4c1068b6b6e1019ff15719
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Oct 31 20:28:58 2025 -0500
groff_man_style(7): Clarify double quote advice.
---
tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 9400d1968..a62fcdc76 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -4649,11 +4649,12 @@ Solaris\~10
.IR troff s \" DWB, Plan 9, Solaris 10
do not.
.
-Interpolating strings,
+Interpolating the strings
.B \e*(lq
and
-.BR \e*(rq ,
-portably yields directional double quotation marks
+.B \e*(rq
+portably yields directional double quotation marks,
+if available,
in all these formatters
.\" including plan9port/Plan 9 from User Space as of commit e5b5757e64,
.\" 10 October 2025
@@ -4661,7 +4662,8 @@ in all these formatters
.I neatroff
does not supply a
.I man
-macro package).
+macro package),
+but they cannot reliably be used in macro arguments.
.
.
.IP
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