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[groff] 07/31: doc/groff.texi: Fix factual error about mandoc.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 07/31: doc/groff.texi: Fix factual error about mandoc.
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 01:26:03 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 8a49f10dd2c0cac10401f54318bc0c16d5acc552
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Aug 12 20:15:03 2022 -0500

    doc/groff.texi: Fix factual error about mandoc.
    
    mandoc began recognizing the `\~` escape sequence in 1.9.5 (2009-09-21),
    not 1.14.5 (2019-03).  Thanks to Ingo Schwarze for the correction.
    
    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-08/msg00078.html
    
https://cvsweb.bsd.lv/mandoc/Attic/chars.in?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
    https://cvsweb.bsd.lv/mandoc/NEWS?rev=1.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
---
 doc/groff.texi | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index b79f7655a..c9e0a5403 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -6580,10 +6580,10 @@ situations, since @w{@samp{\ }} inserts a fixed-width, 
non-breaking
 space.  GNU @code{troff} provides the @code{\~} escape sequence to
 insert an adjustable, non-breaking space.@footnote{@code{\~} is also
 supported by Heirloom Doctools @code{troff} 050915 (September 2005),
-@code{neatroff} (since commit 1c6ab0f6e, 2016-09-13), and @code{mandoc}
-1.14.5 (March 2019) but not by Plan@tie{}9 @code{troff}, Solaris
+@code{mandoc} 1.9.5 (2009-09-21), and @code{neatroff} (since commit
+1c6ab0f6e, 2016-09-13), but not by Plan@tie{}9 @code{troff}, Solaris
 @code{troff}, or DWB @code{troff} or @code{onroff}.}
-@c as of this writing, 2022-03-21
+@c as of this writing, 2022-08-12
 
 @cindex @code{"}, in a macro argument
 @cindex double quote, in a macro argument



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