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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-12-31 20:42:31 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2014-12-31 20:42:31 +0000
commit38b2729bc2c5ed252afdea49c5cda45a80a57f6e (patch)
tree3b0ce9085c8437781f74641127274481228a3435
parent1977034f28d32faa3922d64ddb114452ff49dbc2 (diff)
downloadmandoc-38b2729bc2c5ed252afdea49c5cda45a80a57f6e.tar.gz
describe .Ql more precisely;
defect pointed out by Steffen Nurpmeso <sdaoden at yandex dot com>
-rw-r--r--mdoc.77
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7
index de468d3a..03eece87 100644
--- a/mdoc.7
+++ b/mdoc.7
@@ -2201,9 +2201,12 @@ See also
Close quoted context opened by
.Sx \&Qo .
.Ss \&Ql
-Format a single-quoted literal.
+Request a literal font and enclose in single quotes.
+For arguments of three or more characters, formatters other than
+.Xr mandoc 1
+usually omit the quotes on non-terminal output devices.
See also
-.Sx \&Qq
+.Sx \&Li
and
.Sx \&Sq .
.Ss \&Qo