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commit 32b60c239d309dc3a1d2932b5ab7d4d2a52422ec
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Aug 16 06:29:05 2024 -0500
NEWS: Clarify items.
---
NEWS | 19 ++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c9998e868..ff3f839bc 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ troff
o The `hpfcode` request now emits an error when used, advising of its
planned withdrawal, but then proceeds with normal behavior. The
- replacement mechanism, the `hcode` request, has existed since groff
- 1.02 (June 1991) at the latest.
+ documented replacement mechanism, the `hcode` request, has existed
+ since groff 1.02 (June 1991) at the latest.
o The `mso` request no longer attempts to open a macro file named, say,
"tmac.s" if "s.tmac" was specified in the argument and not found, or
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ o The doc (mdoc) macro package now honors the `U` register
and `MF`
o The new macro file "koi8-r.tmac" supports the KOI8-R character
encoding, which supports the new Russian locale for groff.
-o The m (mm) macro package's `Limsp` register has been removed; see the
- item about the `LI` macro below.
+o The m (mm) macro package's `Limsp` (a GNU extension) register has been
+ removed; see the item regarding the `LI` macro below.
o The m (mm) macro package's `AST` macro is deprecated, warns upon
usage, and is slated for withdrawal in the next release. Assign to
@@ -363,9 +363,10 @@ o The m (mm) macro package's `Li` register now configures
the text
indentation of items in `RL` lists (as it long has for `AL` lists)
instead of hard-coding a value of 6 ens as DWB 3.3 mm does.
-o The m (mm) macro package's `BVL` and `VL` macros' first arguments are
- now optional. If omitted, the paragraph indentation amount (register
- `Pi`) is used for list items' text indentations.
+o The m (mm) macro package's `BVL` (a GNU extension) and `VL` macros'
+ first arguments are now optional. If omitted, the paragraph
+ indentation amount (register `Pi`) is used for list items' text
+ indentations.
o The m (mm) macro package's `DL` macro now uses the `EM` string as the
mark instead of an em dash special character literal. (The latter
@@ -385,6 +386,10 @@ o The m (mm) macro package's `IND` macro (a GNU
extension), now calls
`SK` only if no `TXIND` macro is defined, instead of performing this
action as part of the fallback when no `TYIND` macro is defined.
+o The m (mm) macro package now supports a user-definable hook macro
+ `AFX`, which if defined is called by `AF` in lieu of the latter's
+ normal operation. Applications include customization of letterhead.
+
o The m (mm) macro package's `LI` macro now interprets its second
argument as a Boolean indicating whether a space should separate the
list item mark from its prefix (the first argument). Thus, where you
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