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commit b8fff80f84cb70c38f7b5840332febe0f51ff399
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed May 8 11:22:29 2024 -0500
NEWS: Motivate man(7) `SY`/`YS` changes.
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NEWS | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a18a6e7bd..56f018326 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ o The an (man) package now supports use of its hyperlink
macros (`UR`,
macro as a tag was already supported in groff 1.23.0.
o The behavior of the an (man) package's `SY` and `YS` macros has been
- expanded. `SY` no longer puts vertical space on the output, and
+ expanded to enable greater user control over vertical spacing and to
+ make them convenient for synopsizing C language functions, not just
+ commands. `SY` no longer puts vertical space on the output, and
initially breaks the output line _only_ if it is encountered
repeatedly without a preceding `YS` call. The computed indentation of
synopsis lines after the first now also includes the width of anything
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