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commit 31519883825ad5ac7c6bb55d6dc33dcb691c8174
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Apr 4 07:39:57 2024 -0500
groff_mm(7): Clarify spacing before list items.
Stop talking about "blank lines". Clarify that this space _precedes_
list items by using parallel wording (accounting for arity of macro
call). Refer to `Lsp` register.
---
contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man b/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
index 514461ba8..924b9e07f 100644
--- a/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
+++ b/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
@@ -709,8 +709,10 @@ A
argument overrides register
.BR Li .
.
-A third argument suppresses the blank line that normally precedes each
-list item.
+A third argument suppresses the vertical space that normally precedes
+each list item;
+see register
+.BR Lsp .
.
Use
.B LI
@@ -1036,7 +1038,10 @@ A
argument overrides register
.BR Pi .
.
-A second argument suppresses blank lines between items.
+A second argument suppresses the vertical space that normally precedes
+each list item;
+see register
+.BR Lsp .
.
Use
.B LI
@@ -1091,8 +1096,10 @@ argument overrides register
.I mark-indent
sets the distance from the indentation of the current list to the mark.
.
-A third argument suppresses the blank line that normally precedes each
-list item.
+A third argument suppresses the vertical space that normally precedes
+each list item;
+see register
+.BR Lsp .
.
Use
.B LI
@@ -1203,7 +1210,10 @@ A
argument overrides register
.BR Pi .
.
-A second argument suppresses blank lines between items.
+A second argument suppresses the vertical space that normally precedes
+each list item;
+see register
+.BR Lsp .
.
Use
.B LI
@@ -2681,8 +2691,10 @@ argument precedes each item.
overrides the default indentation of the list items set by register
.BR Li .
.
-A third argument suppresses the blank line that normally precedes each
-list item.
+A third argument suppresses the vertical space that normally precedes
+each list item;
+see register
+.BR Lsp .
.
Use
.B LI
@@ -3225,8 +3237,10 @@ and
.B LE
to end the list.
.
-A second argument suppresses the blank line that normally precedes each
-list item.
+A second argument suppresses the vertical space that normally precedes
+each list item;
+see register
+.BR Lsp .
.
.
.TP
@@ -3792,8 +3806,10 @@ and
.I mark-indent
the distance from the current list indentation to the mark.
.
-A third argument suppresses the blank line that normally precedes each
-list item.
+A third argument suppresses the vertical space that normally precedes
+each list item;
+see register
+.BR Lsp .
.
Use
.B LI
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