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commit 7595f59a2cc0b325499dc500e490cb64fc3f5f12
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Aug 10 20:00:16 2023 -0500
doc/groff.texi (Page Motions): Clarify.
* The `sp` request is good for more than just spacing down by one vee.
* Don't hide the salami--we're using an "advanced feature" (page
location traps). Acknowledge this and add forward cross reference.
---
doc/groff.texi | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index c98902ad6..497e00d3e 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -13671,8 +13671,7 @@ sequence for the minus sign glyph.
@cindex motions, page
@xref{Manipulating Spacing}, for a discussion of the most commonly used
-request for vertical motion, @code{sp}, which spaces downward by one
-vee.
+request for vertical motion, @code{sp}.
@DefreqList {mk, [@Var{reg}]}
@DefreqListEndx {rt, [@Var{dist}]}
@@ -13700,6 +13699,9 @@ If a page break occurs between a @code{mk} request and
its matching
@code{rt} request, the @code{rt} request is silently ignored.
A simple implementation of a macro to set text in two columns follows.
+This example also defines a macro to be called when a trap is
+sprung;@footnote{@xref{Page Location Traps}.} this trap macro performs
+the motion to the next column.
@Example
.nr column-length 1.5i
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