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commit 5fb1da945eba27b5145009d2ce70bfeb075394ec
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Sep 24 17:29:11 2021 +1000
Revert "[docs]: De-document `spacewidth` as mandatory."
This reverts commit 1517db0a1ce0442e076db81b34916bdd804d17ff.
...and tightens the wording further. Thanks to Deri James for the
discussion.
---
doc/groff.texi | 5 +----
man/groff_font.5.man | 16 ++--------------
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index cec6387..eb1c0fb 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -18095,10 +18095,7 @@ The width of a normal, unadjusted space is
@var{n}@tie{}basic units at
a type size of @var{unit-width} points.
@end table
-The @code{name} directive is mandatory, and @code{spacewidth} is
-recommended for any font expected to be current when a space is
-encountered in @code{roff} input.@footnote{Thus, ``symbol'' or
-``dingbats'' fonts might safely omit it.} The following directives are
+The directives above are mandatory in the first section; those below are
optional.
@table @code
diff --git a/man/groff_font.5.man b/man/groff_font.5.man
index f15fa1a..6e58a6a 100644
--- a/man/groff_font.5.man
+++ b/man/groff_font.5.man
@@ -575,20 +575,8 @@ units at a type size of
.
.
.P
-The
-.B name
-directive is mandatory,
-and
-.B spacewidth
-is recommended for any font expected to be current when a space is
-encountered in
-.I roff
-input.
-.
-(Thus,
-\[lq]symbol\[rq] or \[lq]dingbats\[rq] fonts might safely omit it.)
-.
-The following directives are optional.
+The directives above are mandatory in the first section;
+those below are optional.
.
.
.TP
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