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commit bae85a29c156bcca21d503d009ae9edd7236e4ed
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 30 03:48:57 2025 -0600
doc/groff.texi.in: Tweak `\C` description.
Use more appropriate Texinfo commands.
Break input lines where they would be in a *roff document.
Use "recall" for _infra_ (backward) references.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 38feb90f8..fbe153499 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -12324,13 +12324,23 @@ instead, you have to define @code{u0041_0328}.
@Defesc {\\C, @code{'}, xxx, @code{'}}
@cindex named character (@code{\C})
@cindex character, named (@code{\C})
-Typeset the glyph of the special character @var{xxx}. Normally, it is
-more convenient to use @code{\[@var{xxx}]}, but @code{\C} has some
-advantages: it is compatible with @acronym{AT&T} device-independent
-@code{troff} (and therefore available in compatibility
-mode@footnote{@xref{Compatibility Mode}.}) and can interpolate special
-characters with @samp{]} in their names. The delimiter need not be
-a neutral apostrophe; see @ref{Delimiters}.
+Typeset the special character
+@var{xxx}.
+Normally,
+it is more convenient to use
+@samp{\[@var{xxx}]},
+but
+@code{\C}
+has some advantages:@:
+it is compatible with @acronym{AT&T} device-independent
+@command{troff}
+(and therefore available in compatibility
+mode@footnote{@xref{Compatibility Mode}.})
+and can interpolate special characters with
+@samp{]}
+in their names.
+The delimiter need not be a neutral apostrophe;
+recall @ref{Delimiters}.
@endDefesc
@Defreq {composite, c1 c2}
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