On 2024-04-08 10:46, Paul Eggert via tz wrote:
On 2024-04-08 01:31, Alejandro Colomar wrote:

Hmmm.  I use "\-v" in the Linux man-pages, and it works

Ha! I just checked and it works for me too. It did not work in 2014. A

Unfortunately I spoke too quickly, as this does not work with Solaris 10 troff. On that platform, this command:

  printf ' - \\- \\(mi\n' | troff | dpost

outputs a .ps file that, when converted to PDF, gives you U+002D (HYPHEN-MINUS), U+2013 (EN DASH), U+2212 (MINUS SIGN). So if TZDB wants to play nicely even on this obsolescent platform, it still needs to play its game with \*- instead. Oh well.

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