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

2022-12-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
[self-follow-up] At 2022-12-13T12:23:56-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2022-12-13T17:54:22+, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > If the idea is to entirely do away with producing quotes manually Ya gotta be careful around Ralph--he slips in these antecedents that render the question ill-posed...

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

2022-12-13 Thread G. Branden Robinson
At 2022-12-13T17:54:22+, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > 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

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

2022-12-13 Thread Ralph Corderoy
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 th