#define QUOTE_INITCTRL 1 /* quote initial . and ' on a line */
#define QUOTE_QUOTES 2 /* quote double quotes by doubling them */
-#define QUOTE_LITHYPHENS 4 /* don't convert hyphens into \(hy */
+#define QUOTE_LITERAL 4 /* defeat special meaning of `, ', - in troff */
void man_backend(paragraph *sourceform, keywordlist *keywords,
indexdata *idx, void *unused) {
*/
rdaddc(&out, '\\');
rdaddc(&out, '&');
- } else if (*q == '`' || *q == ' ') {
+ }
+ if (*q == '`' || *q == ' ') {
/* Quote backticks and nonbreakable spaces always. */
rdaddc(&out, '\\');
} else if (*q == '\\') {
/* Turn backslashes into \e. */
rdaddsc(&out, "\\e");
continue;
- } else if (*q == '-' && !(quote_props & QUOTE_LITHYPHENS)) {
+ } else if (*q == '-' && !(quote_props & QUOTE_LITERAL)) {
/* Turn nonbreakable hyphens into \(hy. */
rdaddsc(&out, "\\(hy");
continue;
+ } else if (*q == '\'' && (quote_props & QUOTE_LITERAL)) {
+ /* Try to preserve literal U+0027 */
+ rdaddsc(&out, "\\(aq"); /* "apostrophe quote" */
+ continue;
} else if (*q == '"' && (quote_props & QUOTE_QUOTES)) {
/*
* Double quote within double quotes. Quote it by
if (towordstyle(text->type) == word_Code ||
towordstyle(text->type) == word_WeakCode)
- quote_props |= QUOTE_LITHYPHENS;
+ quote_props |= QUOTE_LITERAL;
if (removeattr(text->type) == word_Normal) {
charset_state s2 = *state;
for (; text; text = text->next) if (text->type == word_WeakCode) {
char *c;
wchar_t *t, *e;
- int quote_props = QUOTE_INITCTRL | QUOTE_LITHYPHENS;
+ int quote_props = QUOTE_INITCTRL | QUOTE_LITERAL;
t = text->text;
if (text->next && text->next->type == word_Emph) {