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commit b0db94908367fdd3dda3c0b1e4c788b799916cc9
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Dec 21 14:10:23 2025 -0600
[doc,man]: Fix Savannah #67375.
* doc/groff.texi.in (Delimiters):
* man/groff.7.man (Delimiters): Clarify that an invalid escape sequence
is valid as a delimiter if the character after the escape character
would be valid as one.
Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67375>.
---
ChangeLog | 9 +++++++++
doc/groff.texi.in | 2 ++
man/groff.7.man | 3 +++
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 619a1cef1..7713b3969 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2025-12-21 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * doc/groff.texi.in (Delimiters):
+ * man/groff.7.man (Delimiters): Clarify that an invalid escape
+ sequence is valid as a delimiter if the character after the
+ escape character would be valid as one.
+
+ Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67375>.
+
2025-12-21 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* doc/groff.texi.in (Delimiters):
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 31f418394..1ed3f043c 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -8012,6 +8012,8 @@ escape sequences
and
@code{\[}
to bracket portions of their output.}
+An invalid escape sequence is valid as a delimiter
+if the character after the escape character would be valid.
@cindex @code{\D}, delimiters allowed by
@cindex @code{\h}, delimiters allowed by
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 5c967fa3f..a9a70d454 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -1909,6 +1909,9 @@ and
.B \[rs][
to bracket portions of their output.)
.
+An invalid escape sequence is valid as a delimiter
+if the character after the escape character would be valid.
+.
.
.br
.ne 3v
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