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commit 30778fdf6e4e7227f892eb065aae68e8976fdb81
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Nov 27 14:02:10 2023 -0600
doc/groff.texi: Clarify behavior of `mc`.
* doc/groff.texi (Miscellaneous): Clarify behavior of `mc`.
Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64891>. Thanks to Bjarni Ingi
Gislason for the report.
---
ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
doc/groff.texi | 8 ++++----
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9d9ea1d8e..bf95ea4c1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2023-11-27 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * doc/groff.texi (Miscellaneous): Clarify behavior of `mc`.
+
+ Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64891>. Thanks to Bjarni
+ Ingi Gislason for the report.
+
2023-11-27 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp (makeTempFiles): Stop explicitly
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 01c6da485..b6b9c8bd3 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -16620,10 +16620,10 @@ exceeds the line length, the margin character is
appended to it.
No margin character is written on lines produced by the @code{tl}
request.
-The margin character is a property of the output line; the margin
-character last configured when the line is output controls. If the
-margin character is disabled before an output line breaks, none is
-output (but see below).
+The margin character is a property of the output line. Only one margin
+character is in effect at one time; the most recent @code{mc} call
+determines its value. If the margin character is disabled before an
+output line breaks, none is output (but see below).
The margin character is associated with the environment
(@pxref{Environments}).
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