[groff] 30/35: groff_char(7): Move and discuss \[pc] vs. \[md].

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit f278648bcaed2839be159261f36deb08dafeacb2
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 21 04:56:40 2022 +1100

    groff_char(7): Move and discuss \[pc] vs. \[md].
    
    * Move the centered period special character from the "Mathematical
      symbols" glyph table to "Punctuation".
    * Add commentary in the latter subsection attempting to clear the mud.
---
 man/groff_char.7.man | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index 25d8e18a..784f7e03 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -1184,12 +1184,20 @@ _
 .SS Punctuation
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
+The Unicode name for U+00B7 is \[lq]middle dot\[rq],
+which is unfortunately confusable with the
+.I groff
+mnemonic for the visually similar but semantically distinct
+multiplication dot;
+see subsection \[lq]Mathematical symbols\[rq] below.
+.
 .TS
 l l l lx.
 Output Input   Unicode Notes
 _
 \[r!]  \e[r!]  u00A1   inverted exclamation mark
 \[r?]  \e[r?]  u00BF   inverted question mark
+\[pc]  \e[pc]  u00B7   centered period
 \[em]  \e[em]  u2014   em-dash +
 \[en]  \e[en]  u2013   en-dash
 \[hy]  \e[hy]  u2010   hyphen +
@@ -1612,7 +1620,6 @@ _
 \[-+]  \e[\-+] u2213   minus-plus
 \[+-]  \e[+\-] u00B1   plus-minus + ***
 \[t+-] \e[t+\-]        u00B1   text variant of \f[B]\e[+\-]\f[]
-\[pc]  \e[pc]  u00B7   centered period
 \[md]  \e[md]  u22C5   multiplication dot
 \[mu]  \e[mu]  u00D7   multiplication sign + ***
 \[tmu] \e[tmu] u00D7   text variant of \f[B]\e[mu]\f[]