diff options
| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2021-01-21 12:08:33 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2021-01-21 12:10:36 +0100 |
| commit | fe1ab0bcc9a99c02c558d919445cd0772535ae18 (patch) | |
| tree | 2ef6eacae9abef9860639dbaca4d9d6316cdd7a4 | |
| parent | cd415e7364fd6cf0a22bd1b86c9122f72bb6a0d4 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-fe1ab0bcc9a99c02c558d919445cd0772535ae18.tar.gz | |
man-pages.7: Note some rationale for the use of real minus signs
See:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20210121061158.5ul7226fgbrmodbt@localhost.localdomain/
From: "G. Branden Robinson" <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-man <linux-man@vger.kernel.org>, groff@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Escaping hyphens ("real" minus signs in groff)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:12:00 +1100
and also groff_char(7).
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/man-pages.7 | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index b7fbdb7d60..0e70827146 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -920,6 +920,16 @@ use the following form in the man page source: .PP This guideline applies also to code examples. .PP +The use of real minus signs serves the following purposes: +.\" https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20210121061158.5ul7226fgbrmodbt@localhost.localdomain/ +.IP * 3 +To provide better renderings on various targets other than +ASCII terminals, +notably in PDF and on Unicode/UTF\-8-capable terminals. +.IP * +To generate glyphs that when copied from rendered pages will +produce real minus signs when pasted into a terminal. +.PP To produce unslanted single quotes that render well in ASCII, UTF-8, and PDF, use "\e(aq" ("apostrophe quote"); for example .PP |