Re: Issue in man page charsets.7

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Hello Alejandro,
Am Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 03:47:27PM +0100 schrieb Alejandro Colomar:
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 10:46:25AM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Without further ado, the following was found:
> > 
> > Issue:    (it) is \\[aq]/\\[aq]s correct (the final s is a english plural s)
> 
> Would you mind clarifying the report?  I don't understand it.  Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> Alex
> 
> > 
> > "Note that UTF-8 is self-synchronizing: 10xxxxxx is a tail, any other byte is "
> > "the head of a code.  Note that the only way ASCII bytes occur in a UTF-8 "
> > "stream, is as themselves.  In particular, there are no embedded NULs "
> > "(\\[aq]\\[rs]0\\[aq]) or \\[aq]/\\[aq]s that form part of some larger code."

As I understand it, the reporter is wondering if the "s" after \\[aq]/\\[aq] 
is correct. For the (\\[aq]\\[rs]0\\[aq]) there is no (plural) "s" and
here grammar (which probably dictates a plural s) and clarity are a
little in conflict.

Greetings

      Helge

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