gbranden pushed a commit to branch branden-2023-04-07
in repository groff.
commit 92f22e91183c19801edbdfd95305ad8464e631a9
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 22 17:37:04 2023 -0500
doc/groff.texi (Input Encodings): Tighten wording.
Also annotate a future direction for development of this document.
---
doc/groff.texi | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index ac045b0da..70f0481e0 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5452,6 +5452,11 @@ load it with the @code{mso} (``macro source'') request.
@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+@c TODO: Move a lot of this node to the "Invoking groff" chapter. Some
+@c of the discussion is better placed in discussion of output drivers
+@c (e.g., what character encodings _they_ support for output and their
+@c responsibility for converting to them) as well.
+
@node Input Encodings, Input Conventions, Macro Packages, Text
@subsection Input Encodings
@@ -5495,8 +5500,7 @@ are interchangeable in their first 128 code
points.@footnote{The
with the successive standards, a cause of some frustration among man
page writers; see the @cite{groff_char@r{(7)}} man page.}
-The remaining encodings require support that is not built-in to the GNU
-@code{troff} executable; instead, they use macro packages.
+Other encodings are supported by means of macro packages.
@table @code
@item latin2
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