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Re: a Q quotation macro for man(7) (was: groff man(7) extensions)
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: a Q quotation macro for man(7) (was: groff man(7) extensions) |
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Tue, 13 Dec 2022 17:54:22 +0000 |
Hi Branden,
> Even with that wrinkle, a `Q` macro would be dead simple.
...
> .\" Define opening and closing quotation marks as appropriate to your
> .\" language and/or output device.
> .ds oq \(lq
> .ds cq \(rq
If the idea is to entirely do away with producing quotes manually then
what about the second set which are normally used when quotes are needed
inside quotes? :-) For example, here in English-land, we'd use ‘…“…”…’.
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Cheers, Ralph.