groff(7) and groff_char(7) contains false information, namely: groff_char(7): section "ASCII Characters": it says that \` is used to get the "Grave accent" printed; but the roff source is borked, so a left-quote is displayed instead of ` [please review the man page sources for similar errors] section "Named Characters", sub sections "Accents" and "Quotes": \[ga] grave grave accent \[cq] quoteright single closing quote (ASCII 39) \[aq] quotesingle apostrophe quote not true \(aq, apostrophe is the ASCII 39, and the grave accent is ASCII 0x60 == 96, which is not mentioned. groff(7): \’ The acute accent ´; same as \(aa. Unescaped: apostrophe, right quotation mark, single quote (ASCII 0x27). \‘ The grave accent `; same as \(ga. Unescaped: left quote, backquote (ASCII 0x60). Shall be: \' The acute accent ´; same as \(aa. Unescaped: single right quote (not in ASCII). \` The grave accent ` (ASCII 0x27); same as \(ga. Unescaped: single left quote (not in ASCII). In this light, it is obvious that the paragraphs dedicated to these two chars under the heading CONTROL CHARACTERS need more work. This list of misinformations is probably not complete; it only shows the types of the problem there; a thorough scrutiny is needed.
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