Re: [PATCH xtables-addons] doc: fix quoted string in libxt_DNETMAP man-page.

[Jeremy Sowden <jeremy@azazel.net>]

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On 2020-07-21, at 11:16:00 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Tuesday 2020-07-21 10:31, Jeremy Sowden wrote:
> > In roff, lines beginning with a single quote are control lines.  In
> > the libxt_DNETMAP man-page there is a single-quoted string at the
> > beginning of a line, which troff tries and fails to interpret as a
> > macro:
>
> Is there some escaping magic available that would make this work as
> well? I would fear that if the next person (me included) comes around
> to use an editor's "wrap at 80 cols" feature, that the quote might
> re-shift to the start of line. If all else, I'd just pick " over ' -
> in the hope that that does not have a special meaning.

Good point.  I had another look at the documentation and found escape-
sequences for opening and closing single quotes.  I'll send out a new
version of the patch.

> > -boot time). Please note that the \fBttl\fR and \fBlasthit\fR entries contain an
> > -'\fBS\fR' in case of a static binding.
> > +boot time). Please note that the \fBttl\fR and \fBlasthit\fR entries contain
> > +an '\fBS\fR' in case of a static binding.

J.

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