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commit 8739917fe9fd9df68ba2be19eb156165271c7c89
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Dec 21 17:20:12 2022 -0600
groff_man*(7): Correct erroneous claim.
mandb(8) doesn't index based on the `TH` call, but on the contents of
the "Name" section, which it parses with lexgrog(1).
Thanks to Colin Watson for the correction.
---
tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 92952bc17..083bd8118 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -338,9 +338,8 @@ group of macros.
.
.B .TH
(title heading)
-identifies the document as a man page and defines information enabling
-.MR mandb 8
-or a similar tool to `index' it.
+identifies the document as a man page and configures the page headers
+and footers.
.
Section headings
.RB ( .SH ),
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