GNU bug report logs - #42219
26.3; WoMan italic `\,VARIABLE\/ representation

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alper Alimoglu <alper.alimoglu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2020 22:23:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Alper Alimoglu <alper.alimoglu <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 42219 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42219: 26.3; WoMan italic `\,VARIABLE\/ representation
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:17:47 +0200

Alper Alimoglu <alper.alimoglu <at> gmail.com> writes:

> @wasamasa answered:
> Congratulations, you've found a bug.  \, and \/ are
> space-adjusting escape sequences for groff this package doesn't handle
> yet. https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/groff.html#Ligatures-and-Kerning
> explains how they work, but it's unclear what part of the package to
> adjust for that.

I think the right solution here is just make woman ignore these kerning
operators, so I've done that in Emacs 28.

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