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                 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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