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Re: [BUG] groff: inconsistent behavior of " to separate arguments


From: Larry Kollar
Subject: Re: [BUG] groff: inconsistent behavior of " to separate arguments
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 22:04:16 -0400

> Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) <alx.manpages@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 3/20/22 10:36, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
>> Yes, something about this should become part of groff(7).  In
>> groff_man_style(7), I have restricted the discussion to advising people
>> to use the \(dq special character (also spellable as \[dq]).
> 
> Yes, but don't need to extend it too much.
> I also prefer the advise to use \(dq in general.
> This info would be useful especially for updating old documents,
> so it doesn't need to be very detailed.

Maybe something like this: β€œTo include a literal quote in a string or argument,
use \[dq] unless you need strict compatibility with AT&T troff.” (maybe include
Plan9 as well? not sure)

β€” Larry




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