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[bug #58933] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi, man/groff.7.man: clarify description of \&

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Update of bug #58933 (project groff):

                  Status:                    None => Need Info              
             Assigned to:                    None => gbranden               

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Follow-up Comment #1:

How about just "non-printing character"?


commit b423e4ce784e7ad0ca1027ba6b57553ed272c74a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Aug 13 21:42:26 2020 +1000

[...]
    * [style] Redefine \& as "non-printing character" in light of recent
      discussion on groff list.  (I find "zero-width" unnecessary; does a
      character that doesn't print take up any space?  Certainly not when it
      isn't an \h or \v escape... ;-) )
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