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commit f12d9dd86879645b983e17619e47b76b93ff1a55
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Dec 21 00:21:44 2025 -0600
groff_diff(7): Add "Notational conventions".
...subsection, mostly copied from "Request short reference" in groff(7).
---
man/groff_diff.7.man | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 6209c1df6..2d756bc3f 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -750,6 +750,44 @@ set with another new drawing command.
.
.
.\" ====================================================================
+.SS "Notational conventions"
+.\" ====================================================================
+.
+In the request and escape sequence descriptions below,
+GNU
+.I troff \" GNU
+reads arguments named
+.I character-sequence,
+.I command,
+.I contents,
+.I file,
+and
+.I message
+in copy mode
+until the end of the input line.
+.
+A
+.I character-sequence
+comprises one or more ordinary,
+special,
+or indexed characters;
+spaces;
+or escape sequences that interpolate only these.
+.\" XXX: or tabs, leaders, backspace, and delete characters
+.
+We name the remaining arguments for clarity;
+they are also
+.I character-sequences.
+.
+A neutral double quote
+.RB \[oq] \[dq] \[cq] \" single quotes around double quote
+can optionally prefix a
+.I character-sequence;
+the formatter discards one if present,
+permitting initial embedded spaces in the argument.
+.
+.
+.\" ====================================================================
.SS "Escape sequences"
.\" ====================================================================
.
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