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Re: a Q quotation macro for man(7) (was: groff man(7) extensions)


From: Ralph Corderoy
Subject: Re: a Q quotation macro for man(7) (was: groff man(7) extensions)
Date: 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 ‘…“…”…’.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.



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