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commit 16fa471246f362d96f347024b90235cef4b09581
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Dec 27 15:27:44 2023 -0600
[docs]: Fix erroneous claim about end of input.
The end of input does not cause a "break" as we use the term; a break
advances the vertical drawing position (or causes a page break and
resets the vertical drawing position to the page top).
* doc/groff.texi:
* man/roff.7.man: Clarify.
Thanks to Deri James for the discussion.
---
doc/groff.texi | 7 ++++---
man/roff.7.man | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 339c33489..f2784b898 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5357,9 +5357,10 @@ Macros}.}
What if the file ends before enough words have been collected to fill an
output line? Or the output line is exactly full but not yet broken, and
-there is no more input? GNU @code{troff} interprets the end of input as
-a break. Certain requests also cause breaks, implicitly or explicitly.
-This is discussed in @ref{Manipulating Filling and Adjustment}.
+there is no more input? GNU @code{troff} flushes the pending output
+line upon encountering the end of input. Certain requests cause breaks,
+implicitly or explicitly. This is discussed in @ref{Manipulating
+Filling and Adjustment}.
@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index d16f584ee..9d8a8db02 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -326,7 +326,8 @@ Trailing spaces on
(see below)
are discarded.
.
-The end of input causes a break.
+The formatter flushes any pending output line upon encountering the end
+of input.
.
.
.P
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