Bug#554897: lintian: [new check] \' groff escape sequence incorrectly used to denote apostrophe
Jakub Wilk <ubanus@users.sf.net> writes:
> Many manual pages use the \' groff sequence with the intention to
> express an apostrophe. This is incorrect, as \' in rendered as an acute
> accent. It would be nice if lintian detected such cases.
> Related bug: #507673.
Hm, any ideas on how to tell when an acute accent really was intended? Or
is that rare enough that it's very unlikely?
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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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