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commit c4e5c390501a095e427cbeca11213f9d029a3d49
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Aug 30 03:18:25 2025 -0500
doc/*,man/*: Recast EOS transparency stuff.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 15 +++++++++------
man/roff.7.man | 18 +++++++-----------
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index fae597dfa..a6e41dbf7 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -5446,12 +5446,15 @@ Normally, the occurrence of a visible
non-end-of-sentence character (as
opposed to a space or tab) immediately after an end-of-sentence
character cancels detection of the end of a sentence. For example, it
would be incorrect for GNU @code{troff} to infer the end of a sentence
-after the dot in @samp{3.14159}. However, several characters are
-treated @emph{transparently} after the occurrence of an end-of-sentence
-character. That is, GNU @code{troff} does not cancel end-of-sentence
-detection when it processes them. This is because such characters are
-often used as footnote markers or to close quotations and
-parentheticals. The default set is @samp{"}, @samp{'}, @samp{)},
+after the dot in @samp{3.14159}.
+However,
+the formatter treats several characters
+@emph{transparently}
+after the occurrence of an end-of-sentence character---it does not
+cancel end-of-sentence status upon encountering them.
+Such characters are often used as footnote markers
+or to close quotations and parentheticals.
+The default set is @samp{"}, @samp{'}, @samp{)},
@samp{]}, @samp{*}, @code{\[dg]}, @code{\[dd]}, @code{\[rq]}, and
@code{\[cq]}. The last four are examples of @dfn{special characters},
escape sequences whose purpose is to obtain glyphs that are not easily
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 85bfb470f..c86fd1a2b 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -200,17 +200,13 @@ immediately after an end-of-sentence
character cancels detection of the end of a sentence.
.
However,
-several characters are treated
+the formatter treats several characters
.I transparently
-after the occurrence of an end-of-sentence character.
+after the occurrence of an end-of-sentence character\[em]it does not
+cancel end-of-sentence status upon encountering them.
.
-That is,
-a
-.I roff
-does not cancel end-of-sentence detection when it processes them.
-.
-This is because such characters are often used as footnote markers or to
-close quotations and parentheticals.
+Such characters are often used as footnote markers
+or to close quotations and parentheticals.
.
The default set is
.BR \[dq] ,
@@ -230,8 +226,8 @@ escape sequences whose purpose is to obtain glyphs that are
not easily
typed at the keyboard,
or which have special meaning to the formatter
(like
-.BR \[rs] ).
-.\" slack wording: itself).
+.B \[rs]
+itself).
.
.
.P
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