Re: [Groff] Getting properly rendered single quotes in groff

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Stuart,

> \` can be used where a backtick (0x60) is required.  \(aq can be used
> where an apostrophe (0x27) is required, but it is groff-specific --
> for the linux man pages, hopefully that isn't an issue, but there are
> other man pages out there.  BTW, I assume that historically, there was
> a difference between using ` and \`, at least with troff?

Historically, CSTR 54, page 7, shows that \` is equivalent to \(ga and
gives a grave accent, as distinct from ` which just gives plain `.

Cheers,


Ralph.