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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 49/49: groff(7): Rename, revise delimiters section. |
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Sun, 25 Sep 2022 17:03:05 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit f86b47890a6759bbef94216bf6f9cd7fe337cfe3
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Sep 25 14:59:11 2022 -0500
groff(7): Rename, revise delimiters section.
Rename it to "Delimiters" and align it with the node of the same name in
our Texinfo manual.
---
man/groff.7.man | 32 +++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index b9f06d729..3a69c2a3d 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -1676,13 +1676,11 @@ or the escape character changed
.
.
.\" ====================================================================
-.SS "Escape sequence argument delimiters"
+.SH Delimiters
.\" ====================================================================
.
-.\" BEGIN Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Escape
-.\" Sequence Argument Delimiters".
-Escape sequences that require multiple parameters or a special format
-use delimiters.
+.\" BEGIN Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Delimiters".
+Some escape sequences that require parameters use delimiters.
.
The neutral apostrophe
.B \[aq]
@@ -1694,19 +1692,21 @@ is also commonly seen.
.
Letters,
numerals,
-and even leaders can be used;
-punctuation characters are likely better choices,
+and leaders can be used.
+.
+Punctuation characters are likely better choices,
except for those defined as infix operators in numerical expressions,
-about which more below.
+see below.
.
.
.br
.ne 2v
.P
-The following escape sequences are handled similarly to characters since
-they don't take arguments and thus are allowed as delimiters:
+The following escape sequences don't take arguments and thus are allowed
+as delimiters:
+.BI \[rs] space\c
+,
.BR \[rs]% ,
-.RB \[lq] \|\[rs]\~ "\[rq] (backslash-space),"
.BR \[rs]| ,
.BR \[rs]\[ha] ,
.BR \[rs]{ ,
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ and
.
However,
using them this way is discouraged;
-doing so can make the input confusing to read.
+they can make the input confusing to read.
.
.
.P
@@ -1757,8 +1757,11 @@ line terminators.
Use of newlines as delimiters in escape sequences is also discouraged.
.
.
+.br
+.ne 2v
.P
-The escape sequences
+Finally,
+the escape sequences
.BR \[rs]D ,
.BR \[rs]h ,
.BR \[rs]H ,
@@ -1824,8 +1827,7 @@ works fine.
.
See section \[lq]Implementation differences\[rq] in
.MR groff_diff @MAN7EXT@ .
-.\" END Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Escape
-.\" Sequence Argument Delimiters".
+.\" END Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Delimiters".
.
.
.\" ====================================================================
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