* src/roff/troff/input.cpp (encode_char): Emit special characters

for -Thtml as `\[...]'.
* src/devices/grohtml/post-html.cpp (page::add_and_encode): Updated.

* doc/groff.texinfo (\X): Updated.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/groff.texinfo b/doc/groff.texinfo
index 8322c0a2..3a568ab7 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texinfo
+++ b/doc/groff.texinfo
@@ -13110,9 +13110,8 @@ backslash) cause an error.
 @pindex DESC@r{, and @code{use_charnames_in_special}}
 @cindex @code{\X}, and special characters
 If the @samp{use_charnames_in_special} keyword is set in the @file{DESC}
-file, special characters no longer cause an error; the name @var{xx} is
-represented as @samp{\(@var{xx}\)} in the @w{@samp{x X}} output command.
-Additionally, the backslash is represented as @code{\\}.
+file, special characters no longer cause an error; they are simply output
+verbatim.  Additionally, the backslash is represented as @code{\\}.
 
 @samp{use_charnames_in_special} is currently used by @code{grohtml} only.
 @endDefesc