[latex3-commits] [latex3/latex2e] develop: Document jow \verb suppresses ligatures (c107b0d5)

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Repository : https://github.com/latex3/latex2e
On branch  : develop
Link       : https://github.com/latex3/latex2e/commit/c107b0d5c094b99860f808cb88574ae7ddc76027

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commit c107b0d5c094b99860f808cb88574ae7ddc76027
Author: Joseph Wright <joseph at texdev.net>
Date:   Thu Mar 21 13:35:56 2024 +0000

    Document jow \verb suppresses ligatures


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c107b0d5c094b99860f808cb88574ae7ddc76027
 base/doc/usrguide.tex | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/base/doc/usrguide.tex b/base/doc/usrguide.tex
index ba2cbcc8..b98cc71c 100644
--- a/base/doc/usrguide.tex
+++ b/base/doc/usrguide.tex
@@ -838,7 +838,9 @@ In contrast to \cs{verb}, the \texttt{v}-type argument is only about
 users often associate with \enquote{verbatim} are not automatically activated,
 e.g., a monospaced font. Material grabbed by the \texttt{v}-type argument does
 not automatically suppress ligatures: with modern \TeX{} engines, this largely
-can be done without the token manipulation which \cs{verb} uses.
+can be done without the token manipulation which \cs{verb} uses. (In \cs{verb},
+ligatures are suppressed by making characters active and inserting a zero-width
+kern before the character itself.)
 
 The \cs{verb} command also selects a monotype font: this is not intrinsic
 to verbatim material, so will need to be set up using for example \cs{ttfamily}.