[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[groff] 03/53: groff_char(7): Fix content nits.
From: |
G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 03/53: groff_char(7): Fix content nits. |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Dec 2021 01:21:44 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 761964e99ab0ff8fc002b45fe9cfb9aa0697c901
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Dec 5 07:18:15 2021 +1100
groff_char(7): Fix content nits.
* Try to clarify where the surprising-seven-characters table is
unrevealing (when it in fact is).
* Clarify advice about quotation marks.
* Drop superfluous word; we do not typeset for non-Euclidean topologies.
---
man/groff_char.7.man | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index 1fdfa49..2bb1e4e 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ or
requests are used.
.
On devices with a limited glyph repertoire,
-the appearances of glyphs on the same row of the table may be identical;
+glyphs in the \[lq]keycap\[rq] and \[lq]appearance\[rq] columns on the
+same row of the table may look identical;
except for the neutral double quote,
this will
.I not
@@ -465,9 +466,11 @@ A Winter\[aq]s Tale@A Winter\[aq]s Tale
.
.
.P
-If you expect to use quotation marks frequently in your document,
-see if the macro package you're using defines strings or macros to
-facilitate quotation.
+If you frequently require quotation marks in your document,
+see if the macro package you're using supplies strings or macros to
+facilitate quotation,
+or define them yourself
+(except in man pages).
.
.
.P
@@ -475,8 +478,8 @@ Using Unicode basic Latin characters to compose boxes and
lines is
ill-advised.
.
.I roff
-systems have special characters for drawing straight horizontal and
-vertical lines;
+systems have special characters for drawing horizontal and vertical
+lines;
see subsection \[lq]Rules and lines\[rq] below.
.
Preprocessors like
[Prev in Thread] |
Current Thread |
[Next in Thread] |
- [groff] 03/53: groff_char(7): Fix content nits.,
G. Branden Robinson <=