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diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index e5b1112832..51b0b1d422 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -463,8 +463,8 @@ Hyphenation of individual page names can be prevented by preceding words with the string "\e%". .IP Given the distributed, autonomous nature of FOSS projects -and their documentation, it is sometimes necessary\(emand in many cases -desirable\(emthat the SEE ALSO section includes references to +and their documentation, it is sometimes necessary\[em]and in many cases +desirable\[em]that the SEE ALSO section includes references to manual pages provided by other projects. .SH FORMATTING AND WORDING CONVENTIONS The following subsections note some details for preferred formatting and @@ -993,8 +993,8 @@ parenthetical asides (e.g., like this one). Always include periods in such abbreviations, as shown here. In addition, "e.g." and "i.e." should always be followed by a comma. .SS Em-dashes -The way to write an em-dash\(emthe glyph that appears -at either end of this subphrase\(emin *roff is with the macro "\e[em]". +The way to write an em-dash\[em]the glyph that appears +at either end of this subphrase\[em]in *roff is with the macro "\e[em]". (On an ASCII terminal, an em-dash typically renders as two hyphens, but in other typographical contexts it renders as a long dash.) Em-dashes should be written |