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commit 8a49f10dd2c0cac10401f54318bc0c16d5acc552
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Aug 12 20:15:03 2022 -0500
doc/groff.texi: Fix factual error about mandoc.
mandoc began recognizing the `\~` escape sequence in 1.9.5 (2009-09-21),
not 1.14.5 (2019-03). Thanks to Ingo Schwarze for the correction.
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-08/msg00078.html
https://cvsweb.bsd.lv/mandoc/Attic/chars.in?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
https://cvsweb.bsd.lv/mandoc/NEWS?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
---
doc/groff.texi | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index b79f7655a..c9e0a5403 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -6580,10 +6580,10 @@ situations, since @w{@samp{\ }} inserts a fixed-width,
non-breaking
space. GNU @code{troff} provides the @code{\~} escape sequence to
insert an adjustable, non-breaking space.@footnote{@code{\~} is also
supported by Heirloom Doctools @code{troff} 050915 (September 2005),
-@code{neatroff} (since commit 1c6ab0f6e, 2016-09-13), and @code{mandoc}
-1.14.5 (March 2019) but not by Plan@tie{}9 @code{troff}, Solaris
+@code{mandoc} 1.9.5 (2009-09-21), and @code{neatroff} (since commit
+1c6ab0f6e, 2016-09-13), but not by Plan@tie{}9 @code{troff}, Solaris
@code{troff}, or DWB @code{troff} or @code{onroff}.}
-@c as of this writing, 2022-03-21
+@c as of this writing, 2022-08-12
@cindex @code{"}, in a macro argument
@cindex double quote, in a macro argument
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