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Re: [groff] [patch] modernize -T ascii rendering of opening single quote
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [groff] [patch] modernize -T ascii rendering of opening single quote |
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Thu, 31 Jan 2019 23:29:46 +0100 (CET) |
> I've always found the rendering of the asymetrical single quotes
> like `this' quite odd, so I vote for.
Many years ago, in the age of bitmap fonts, they *were* symmetric.
However, the symbols are *intentionally* asymmetric today to avoid
confusion with real quote characters.
That I still use `foo' indicates that I became old :-)
Werner