Bug#554897: lintian: [new check] \' groff escape sequence incorrectly used to denote apostrophe

* Russ Allbery , 2009-11-07, 10:54: Many manual pages use the \' groff sequence with the intention to express an apostrophe. This is incorrect, as \' in rendered as an acute accent. It would be nice if lintian detected such cases. Related bug: #507673. Hm, any ideas on how to tell when an ac

Bug#554897: lintian: [new check] \' groff escape sequence incorrectly used to denote apostrophe

Jakub Wilk writes: > Many manual pages use the \' groff sequence with the intention to > express an apostrophe. This is incorrect, as \' in rendered as an acute > accent. It would be nice if lintian detected such cases. > Related bug: #507673. Hm, any ideas on how to tell when an acute accent r

Bug#554897: lintian: [new check] \' groff escape sequence incorrectly used to denote apostrophe

Package: lintian Version: 2.2.17 Severity: wishlist Many manual pages use the \' groff sequence with the intention to express an apostrophe. This is incorrect, as \' in rendered as an acute accent. It would be nice if lintian detected such cases. Related bug: #507673. -- Jakub Wilk -- To UNS