[groff] 04/16: groff_char(7): Fix content and style nits.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 12437b61d36b297947adfb4a926a2e600145dcf2
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 7 02:52:18 2022 -0500

    groff_char(7): Fix content and style nits.
    
    * It isn't just macro call processing that treats " specially.
    * Use active voice and be more specific.
---
 man/groff_char.7.man | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index 9d863104..ca3979af 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ they replace.
 The first,
 the neutral double quote,
 is a partial exception because it does represent itself,
-but since it is also used by
+but since the
 .I roff
-systems to quote macro arguments,
+language also uses it to quote macro arguments,
 .I groff
 supports a special character escape sequence as an alternative form so
 that the glyph can be easily included in macro arguments without
@@ -312,6 +312,13 @@ requiring the user to master the quoting rules that AT&T
 .I troff
 required in that context.
 .
+(Some requests,
+like
+.BR ds ,
+also treat
+.B \[dq]
+non-literally.)
+.
 Furthermore,
 not all of the special character escape sequences are portable to AT&T
 .I troff