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commit 41a8816e24aefdc562332dd55b149dc6e19b9ec9
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Jul 11 01:22:51 2024 -0500
[docs]: Drop false claim about `output` request.
(Hash mark in output backslash-escaped for git's sake.)
Example of it working just fine:
$ printf '.output # comment\nformat me harder\n' | groff -T ascii -Z
x T ascii
x res 240 24 40
x init
p1
\# comment
x font 1 R
f1
s10
V40
H0
md
DFd
tformat
wh24
tme
wh24
tharder
n40 0
x trailer
V2640
x stop
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 5 +----
man/groff_diff.7.man | 14 --------------
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 6ac40970a..687998690 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -15721,10 +15721,7 @@ Emit @var{contents} directly to GNU @command{troff}'s
output; this usage
is similar to that of @code{\!} in the top-level diversion. An initial
neutral double quote in the argument is stripped, allowing embedded
leading spaces in @var{contents}, which is read in copy mode and
-continues to the end of the input line. This request can't be used
-before the first page has started---if an error is reported, or
-@var{contents} fails to appear in GNU @command{troff}'s output, simply
-insert a @code{.br} line before the @code{output} request.
+continues to the end of the input line.
Use with caution! It is normally only needed for mark-up used by a
postprocessor that does something with the output before sending it to
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index c9b06b0b1..a462f5e14 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -3177,20 +3177,6 @@ allowing embedded leading spaces in
.IR contents ,
which is read in copy mode and continues to the end of the input line.
.
-This request can't be used before the first page has started\[em]if an
-error is reported,
-or
-.I contents
-fails to appear in
-.IR @g@troff 's
-output,
-simply insert a
-.B .br
-line before the
-.B output
-request.
-.
-.
.TP
.B .pev
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