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[groff] 12/14: groff_char(7): Discuss \[rn] with more context.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 12/14: groff_char(7): Discuss \[rn] with more context.
Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 10:29:47 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 7b3a9072401193ff2b445aca63de5f16b94d0ac2
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri May 7 23:46:41 2021 +1000

    groff_char(7): Discuss \[rn] with more context.
    
    Highlight pairing of AT&T's \[sr] with \[rn], and groff's \[sqrt] with
    \[radicalex], respectively.
---
 man/groff_char.7.man | 28 ++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index ffbb19e..5b56845 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -1323,28 +1323,32 @@ The Unicode-derived names of these three glyphs are 
approximations.
 .
 .
 .P
-.B \[rs][rn]
-also serves in AT&T
-.I troff
-as the horizontal extension of the radical
-(square root)
-sign.
-.
 The baseline rule
 .B \[rs][ru]
 is a font-invariant glyph,
 namely a rule of one-half em.
 .
+.
+.P
+In AT&T
+.IR troff ,
+.B \[rs](rn
+served as the horizontal extension of the radical
+(square root)
+sign,
+.BR \[rs](sr .
+.
 In
 .IR groff ,
 use
 .B \[rs][radicalex]
-(see subsection \[lq]Mathematical symbols\[rq] below)
 instead of
-.BR \[rs][rn] ,
-for continuation of radical signs
-(e.g.,
-square roots).
+.B \[rs][rn]
+for continuation of the radical sign
+.BR \[rs][sqrt] .
+.
+See subsection \[lq]Mathematical symbols\[rq] below.
+.
 .
 .TS
 l l l lx.



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