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commit 1eed3cceaaa38e095e2b265cda846842853525e4
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jan 28 00:57:03 2025 -0600
[doc,man]: Report new delimiter warning scenario.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 9 ++++++++-
src/roff/troff/troff.1.man | 16 ++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 73b042317..6927a8a88 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -17695,7 +17695,14 @@ default.
@item delim
@itemx 8
-The closing delimiter in an escape sequence was missing or mismatched.
+The selected delimiter character was ambiguous
+because it is also meaningful when beginning a numeric expression,
+or
+the closing delimiter in an escape sequence was missing or mismatched.
+
+A future @code{groff} release may reject ambiguous delimiters.
+In compatibility mode,
+ambiguous delimiters are accepted without warning.
@c @item el
@c @itemx 16
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man b/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
index 227284761..89c129841 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ typesetter and document formatter
.\" Legal Terms
.\" ====================================================================
.\"
-.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system.
.\"
@@ -604,7 +604,19 @@ or an attempt was made to redefine a default color.
.
.TP
.BR delim "\t8"
-The closing delimiter in an escape sequence was missing or mismatched.
+The selected delimiter character was ambiguous
+because it is also meaningful when beginning a numeric expression,
+or
+the closing delimiter in an escape sequence was missing or mismatched.
+.
+.
+.IP
+A future
+.I groff
+release may reject ambiguous delimiters.
+.
+In compatibility mode,
+ambiguous delimiters are accepted without warning.
.
.
.TP
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