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Re: [Groff] [PATCH] Expand portable escape section of groff_man(7).
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G. Branden Robinson |
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Re: [Groff] [PATCH] Expand portable escape section of groff_man(7). |
Date: |
Sun, 29 Oct 2017 22:05:10 -0400 |
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At 2017-10-29T15:18:36+0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> > > Hi Branden,
>
> > +Can be used to (1)\~suppress recognition of end-of-sentence punctuation
> > +sequences at the end of an input line, and (2)\~suppress recognition of
> > +a dot or apostrophe at the beginning of a line as a troff request.
>
> This `(1)' style doesn't otherwise appear in the page.
> They don't seem needed in this short list of two.
> If ambiguity results, then `foo: bar; and xyzzy.' would seem sufficient?
Thanks, Ralph. I've recast the whole thing to get rid of the
enumeration and otherwise be more precise.
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Regards,
Branden
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