Re: [PATCH] sindex.1: Use ' for a plain quote char

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Hello Luc,

On 8/1/20 2:40 PM, Luc Van Oostenryck wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:41:25PM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
>> --- a/sindex.1
>> +++ b/sindex.1
>> @@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ struct member
>>  .
>>  .SH MODE
>>  The \fBMODE\fR is dumped as a 3-letter string. The first letter denotes address
>> -of part, 2-nd - access by value, 3-rd - access by pointer. A special value
>> -\'\fIdef\fR\' means a symbol definition.
>> +of part, 2-nd - access by value, 3-rd - access by pointer. A special
>> +value '\fIdef\fR' means a symbol definition.
> 
> But maybe, in this case the single quotes are even not needed at all
> since the symbol is already emphasized with the italic? Or the italic
> is not needed because it's already between quotes?

italic isn't very obvious on the console:

	$ man -l sindex.1 | grep symbol\ de
	       cial value ´def´ means a symbol definition.


Best regards
Uwe

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