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commit d6233acfd51a93d308a243ad73e568df36a5f53e
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Feb 23 11:13:26 2021 +1100
doc/groff.texi: Clarify when a diversion exists.
---
doc/groff.texi | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 1d91cf5..196576c 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -13544,10 +13544,13 @@ For orthogonality it is said that GNU @code{troff} is
in the
@dfn{top-level diversion} if no diversion is active (that is, formatted
output is being ``diverted'' immediately to the output device).
-The following requests are used to create and alter diversions;
-dereferencing an undefined diversion will create an empty one of that
-name, and cause a warning of type @samp{mac} to be emitted
-(@pxref{Debugging}).
+Dereferencing an undefined diversion will create an empty one of that
+name and cause a warning of type @samp{mac} to be emitted
+(@pxref{Debugging}). A diversion does not exist for the purpose of
+testing with the @code{d} conditional operator until it ends
+(@pxref{Operators in Conditionals}). The @code{.z} register can be used
+to test the identity of the current diversion. The following requests
+are used to create and alter diversions.
@DefreqList {di, macro}
@DefreqListEndx {da, macro}
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