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[groff] 16/16: groff(7): Drop paragraph about \c difficulties.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 16/16: groff(7): Drop paragraph about \c difficulties.
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:06:45 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit a1647c997d8ecbbf4bb58b934a71eff7c794c52e
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Aug 23 13:31:04 2021 +1000

    groff(7): Drop paragraph about \c difficulties.
    
    The point is made in our Texinfo manual, which is enough.
---
 man/groff.7.man | 13 -------------
 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 102cb77..b22b81e 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -740,19 +740,6 @@ this datum is associated with the
 environment.
 .
 .
-.P
-Historically,
-the
-.esc c
-escape sequence has proven challenging to characterize.
-.
-Some sources say it \[lq]connects the next input text\[rq]
-(to the input line on which it appears);
-others describe it as \[lq]interrupting\[rq] text,
-on the grounds that a text line is interrupted without breaking,
-perhaps to inject a request invocation or macro call.
-.
-.
 .\" ====================================================================
 .SH "Numerical expressions"
 .\" ====================================================================



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