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+.
+.if n \{\
+.  \" Debian: As of groff 1.23.0, the "-", "'", "`", "^", and "~" input
+.  \" characters are mapped to non-Basic Latin code points in output from
+.  \" the "utf8" device, for consistency with other output devices such as
+.  \" PDF.  Unfortunately in practice this still causes far too much
+.  \" disruption for innocent users of manual pages who just want to be able
+.  \" to search for characters normally, so preserve the old behaviour.
+.  \" Comment this out if you want to make sure that manual pages you're
+.  \" writing are clear of these problems.
+.  if '\*[.T]'utf8' \{\
+.    char - \-
+.    char ' \[aq]
+.    char ` \[ga]
+.    char ^ \[ha]
+.    char ~ \[ti]
+.  \}
+.
+.  \" Debian: "\-" is more commonly used for option dashes than for minus
+.  \" signs in manual pages, so map it to plain "-" for HTML/XHTML output
+.  \" rather than letting it be rendered as "−".
+.  ie '\*[.T]'html' \
+.    char \- \N'45'
+.  el \{\
+.    if '\*[.T]'xhtml' \
+.      char \- \N'45'
+.  \}
+.\}