> Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 3/20/22 10:36, G. Branden Robinson wrote: >> Yes, something about this should become part of groff(7). In >> groff_man_style(7), I have restricted the discussion to advising people >> to use the \(dq special character (also spellable as \[dq]). > > Yes, but don't need to extend it too much. > I also prefer the advise to use \(dq in general. > This info would be useful especially for updating old documents, > so it doesn't need to be very detailed.
Maybe something like this: βTo include a literal quote in a string or argument, use \[dq] unless you need strict compatibility with AT&T troff.β (maybe include Plan9 as well? not sure) β Larry
