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commit 4ffc6177cf360657f6ed0a3f9689eca650ce28e3
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Feb 27 00:56:31 2025 -0600
doc/groff.texi.in: Clarify handling of text files.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 779b99300..51890e3ff 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -18465,8 +18465,18 @@ the top-level diversion) at the end of input; GNU
@code{troff} will not.
@cindex file formats
@cindex formats, file
-All files read and written by @command{gtroff} are text files. The
-following two sections describe their format.
+All files that GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+reads and writes are text files.@footnote{GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+also reads files that don't satisfy
+the strict POSIX definition of a text file---for example,
+those lacking a final newline character---and the
+@code{cf}
+and
+@code{trf} requests read arbitrary files.
+Recall @ref{I/O}.}
+The next two sections describe their format.
@menu
* gtroff Output::
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