The Latin "exempli gratia" is abbreviated "e.g.". Also, use a zero-width-space escape to defeat roff's end-of-sentence detection. See section 4.1 of CSTR #54, "Troff User's Manual", Ossanna & Kernighan <https://www.troff.org/54.pdf>.
Index: quilt/doc/quilt.1.in =================================================================== --- quilt.orig/doc/quilt.1.in +++ quilt/doc/quilt.1.in @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ If none of these variables is set, \\[lq An empty value indicates that no pager should be used. .IP QUILT_COLORS 4 By default, quilt uses its predefined color set in order to be more -comprehensible when distiguishing various types of patches, eg. +comprehensible when distiguishing various types of patches, e.g.\\& applied/unapplied, failed, etc. .IP To override one or more color settings, set the QUILT_COLORS variable in _______________________________________________ Quilt-dev mailing list Quilt-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/quilt-dev
