Re: [Groff] Apostrophe mapped onto single closing quotation mark on utf8 device

[Tadziu Hoffmann]

> Could you please tell me the purpose of this mapping
> in unicode.tmac:
> 
>    .char ' \[cq]
> 
> This causes all apostrophes to be typeset as closing
> single quotes.  Is it correct?

Yes.  Apostrophes and (english) single right quotes are
identical glyphs.  What you're probably thinking of as
"apostrophe" is a crude hack invented for typewriters
and is not used in "real" typography.