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