Re: [PATCH man-pages v2 1/2] man/man2const: document the new F_SETDELEG and F_GETDELEG constants

[Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>]

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Hi Branden, Jeff,

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 11:50:48AM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> The following observation is not a blocker.
> 
> At 2026-01-14T12:35:24-0500, Jeff Layton wrote:
> [...]
> > +.P
> > +A file delegation is a mechanism whereby
> > +the process holding the delegation (the "delegation holder")
> > +is notified (via delivery of a signal)
> > +when a process (the "delegation breaker") tries to
> 
> I recommend use of typographer's quotes marks in prose (contrast code).
> 
> groff_man_style(7):
>      \[lq]
>      \[rq]  Left and right double quotation marks.  Use these for paired
>             directional double quotes, “like this”.

I don't have a strong opinion in either way.  However, I'd say I should
do a global pass before asking contributors to do this in new code.

For now, I'll take the patch with the '"'.

Thanks!


Have a lovely night!
Alex

> These look better in typeset output (like PDF) and on UTF-8 terminals,
> and avoid collisions with `"` when searching man(7) documents in source
> and, on the aforemented devices, as rendered too.
> 
> Regards,
> Branden



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