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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2011-09-06 17:56:00 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2011-09-06 17:56:00 +0000
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It's unknown whether `SH' and `SS' closing out `nf' literalism is
portable, so document it in COMPATIBILITY.
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.Pp
.Bl -dash -compact
.It
+Do not depend on
+.Sx \&SH
+or
+.Sx \&SS
+to close out a literal context opened with
+.Sx \&nf .
+This behaviour may not be portable.
+.It
In quoted literals, GNU troff allowed pair-wise double-quotes to produce
a standalone double-quote in formatted output.
It is not known whether this behaviour is exhibited by other formatters.