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authorKristaps 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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-.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.108 2011/08/30 13:14:01 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.109 2011/09/06 17:56:00 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 30 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 6 2011 $
.Dt MAN 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -972,6 +972,14 @@ language.
.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.