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Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Oct 10 13:08:52 2025 -0500
groff_man_style(7): Update quotation advice.
As of today, \*(lq and \*(rq now truly are universally portable.
---
tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 0507d0061..8a3a62b5c 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -4650,14 +4650,30 @@ Solaris\~10
.IR troff s \" DWB, Plan 9, Solaris 10
do not.
.
+Interpolating strings,
+.B \e*(lq
+and
+.BR \e*(rq ,
+portably yields directional double quotation marks
+in all these formatters
+.\" including plan9port/Plan 9 from User Space as of commit e5b5757e64,
+.\" 10 October 2025
+(though
+.I neatroff
+does not supply a
+.I man
+macro package).
+.
.
.IP
+Obtaining directional single quotation marks is more of a challenge.
+.
Historically,
man pages used
.B \[ga]
and
.B \[aq]
-exclusively for directional single quotation marks.
+exclusively for them.
.
However,
in recent years,
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