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commit e52111698b6b84e788d6a48e53dd3cd5873ed802
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat May 17 18:31:38 2025 -0500
groff_man_style(7): Add Q&A re: \[xx].
Now that we document only the GNU troff special character escape
sequence, add an item to aid those who have to use the old AT&T one.
---
tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 2527f2ddd..a02d40030 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -4619,6 +4619,38 @@ If this procedure seems complex,
petition your distributor to revert their remapping of the
\[ga] and \[aq] characters.
.RE
+.
+.
+.IP \[bu]
+Escape sequences of the form
+.BI \[rs][ xx ]
+don't format correctly.
+.
+.
+.IP
+The
+.BI \[rs][ xx ]
+special character escape sequence is a
+GNU
+.I troff
+extension also supported by
+.I mandoc,
+Heirloom Doctools
+.I troff,
+and
+.I neatroff.
+.
+Solaris\~10,
+Plan\~9,
+and DWB
+.IR troff s
+don't implement it.
+.
+If your man page requires portability to these formatters,
+spell such escape sequences as
+.RB \[lq]\^ \[rs](\c
+.IR xx \[rq];
+no closing parenthesis is used.
_endif()dnl
.
.
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