Clarify what's "not usable", and make parallel between the man pages. --- doc/bash.1 | 6 ++++-- lib/readline/doc/history.3 | 9 ++++++++- lib/readline/doc/readline.3 | 9 ++++++++- 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/bash.1 b/doc/bash.1
index 036ab2ae..342ad823 100644
--- a/doc/bash.1
+++ b/doc/bash.1
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\}
.el \{\
.ds ' '
-.\" not usable in macro arguments on AT&T troff (DWB, Solaris 10)
+.\" \*" is not usable in macro arguments on AT&T troff (DWB, Solaris 10)
.ds " ""\" two adjacent quotes and no space before this comment
.ds ^ ^
.ds ~ ~
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@
.
.\" File Name macro. This used to be `.PN', for Path Name,
.\" but Sun doesn't seem to like that very much.
-.\" \% at the beginning of the string protects the filename from hyphenation.
+.\"
+.\" \% at the beginning of the string protects the filename from
+.\" hyphenation.
.\"
.de FN
\%\fI\|\\$1\|\fP\\$2
diff --git a/lib/readline/doc/history.3 b/lib/readline/doc/history.3
index baa7f412..4a63861e 100644
--- a/lib/readline/doc/history.3
+++ b/lib/readline/doc/history.3
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
.\}
.el \{\
.ds ' '
-.\" not usable in macro arguments on AT&T troff (DWB, Solaris 10)
+.\" \*" is not usable in macro arguments on AT&T troff (DWB, Solaris 10)
.ds " ""\" two adjacent quotes and no space before this comment
.ds ^ ^
.ds ~ ~
@@ -39,9 +39,16 @@
.\" File Name macro. This used to be `.PN', for Path Name,
.\" but Sun doesn't seem to like that very much.
.\"
+.\" \% at the beginning of the string protects the filename from
+.\" hyphenation.
+.\"
.de FN
\%\fI\|\\$1\|\fP
..
+.\"
+.\" Quotation macro: generate consistent quoted strings that don't rely
+.\" on the presence of the `CW' constant-width font.
+.\"
.de Q
.ie \n(.g \(lq\\$1\(rq\\$2
.el \{\
diff --git a/lib/readline/doc/readline.3 b/lib/readline/doc/readline.3
index 7b7dc9d2..e55df6ca 100644
--- a/lib/readline/doc/readline.3
+++ b/lib/readline/doc/readline.3
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
.\}
.el \{\
.ds ' '
-.\" not usable in macro arguments on AT&T troff (DWB, Solaris 10)
+.\" \*" is not usable in macro arguments on AT&T troff (DWB, Solaris 10)
.ds " ""\" two adjacent quotes and no space before this comment
.ds ^ ^
.ds ~ ~
@@ -27,9 +27,16 @@
.\" File Name macro. This used to be `.PN', for Path Name,
.\" but Sun doesn't seem to like that very much.
.\"
+.\" \% at the beginning of the string protects the filename from
+.\" hyphenation.
+.\"
.de FN
\%\fI\|\\$1\|\fP
..
+.\"
+.\" Quotation macro: generate consistent quoted strings that don't rely
+.\" on the presence of the `CW' constant-width font.
+.\"
.de Q
.ie \n(.g \(lq\\$1\(rq\\$2
.el \{\
--
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