URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68189>
Summary: [mm] Paragraph documenting LO internals uses type
instead of option
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: afh
Submitted: Sat 28 Mar 2026 09:15:12 PM UTC
Category: Macro package mm
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Documentation
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Date: Sat 28 Mar 2026 09:15:12 PM UTC By: Alexis <afh>
In the section "Internals" in groff_mm(7) the paragraph documenting the `LO`
macro uses the word `type` instead of `option` to explain which strings need
to be and will be defined in order to create custom letter options, which is
misleading as the `LT` macro exists which specifies a letter type.
diff --git i/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man w/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
index 3468adf2b..01b331217 100644
--- i/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
+++ w/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
@@ -5868,17 +5868,17 @@ and takes the formal closing as its argument.
implements letter options.
.
It requires that a string named
-.BI Let type
+.BI Let option
be defined,
where
-.I type
-is the letter type.
+.I option
+is the letter option.
.
.B LO
then assigns its second argument
.RI ( value )
to the string
-.BI let*lo\- type\c
+.BI let*lo\- option\c
\&.
.
.
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