Date: Fri, 22 May 2020 15:27:18 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 246656] Unicode asterisks in ctime(3) may not render correctly Message-ID: <bug-246656-9-4oTxXXXqa9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-246656-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-246656-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D246656 --- Comment #2 from Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> --- Hmm, roff(7): Special Characters Special characters are used to encode special glyphs ... Sequences begin with the escape character =E2=80=98\=E2=80=99 followed= by either an open-parenthesis =E2=80=98(=E2=80=99 for two-character seque= nces... Examples: \(em Two-letter em dash escape. ... \(cc Special Characters with two-letter names, see mandoc_char(7). I guess that explains \(**. mandoc_char(7): Mathematical: Input Rendered Description ... \(** =E2=88=97 asterisk Ok, so \(** is just wrong here. C comments are not some mathematical formu= la. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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