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[groff] 03/06: groff_char(7): Clarify "font-invariant" glyphs.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 03/06: groff_char(7): Clarify "font-invariant" glyphs. |
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Mon, 7 Jun 2021 13:24:46 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 70363786ba67c39e0486c327468c3b1cc263c15a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 8 02:22:15 2021 +1000
groff_char(7): Clarify "font-invariant" glyphs.
Unabbreviate "conditional expression operator".
Define "ordinary character".
Tighten wording.
---
man/groff_char.7.man | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index e3e1403..61a3e34 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ encoded an acute accent and
.B \e(sc
a section sign.
.
+(Characters that don't require an escape sequence for their expression,
+like \[lq]a\[rq],
+are termed \[lq]ordinary\[rq].)
+.
.
.P
As in other respects,
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ In
.IR groff ,
you can test output driver support for any character
(ordinary or special)
-with the conditional
+with the conditional expression operator
.RB \[lq] c \[rq].
.
.RS
@@ -990,7 +994,7 @@ _
.
All of these glyphs can be composed using combining glyph names as
described in subsection \[lq]Special character escape forms\[rq] above;
-the names below can be thought of short aliases for convenience.
+the names below can be thought of convenient short aliases.
.
.TS
l l l lx.
@@ -1149,7 +1153,8 @@ _
On typestter devices,
the bracket extensions are font-invariant glyphs;
that is,
-they are rendered the same way regardless of font.
+they are rendered the same way regardless of font
+(with a drawing escape sequence).
.
On terminals,
they are
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