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commit 0a16dff3f4c520fa5865594faab62bb2c115f240
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 14 17:11:25 2025 -0500
contrib/mm/ChangeLog: Revise old entries.
A speculative comment may have been off the mark; another reason to
interpolate a register with a zero prefix is to permit the correct
interpretation of negative register values when they are used as the
argument to another `nr` request.
Also clarify.
Also fix terminological inconsistency (requests are "invoked").
Also fix inconsistent verb tense.
---
contrib/mm/ChangeLog | 20 ++++++++------------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/mm/ChangeLog b/contrib/mm/ChangeLog
index cd7c7e205..79b7c4ee5 100644
--- a/contrib/mm/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/mm/ChangeLog
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
any other text--with `LT` letters specifically but might also
resolve other similar problems with BS/BE use. Using a regular
diversion moved the vertical drawing position from its
- "pre-page" location of "-1" (because the `BS` macro called `br`
+ "pre-page" location of "-1" (because the `BS` macro invoked `br`
to ensure that the bottom block didn't absorb any partially
collected line). That in turn sprung the default header trap
that writes a centered page number. The `LT` macro is written
- such that if the drawing position is not at the top of the page,
- it fails to format the pre-body letter material (writer's
- address, date, inside address, salutation, etc.). (Because the
- first page has already started and the drawing position was
- non-negative, the `LT` macro was also too late to turn off the
- default header on the first page.)
+ such that if the drawing position is not at the top of the page
+ when called, it fails to format the pre-body letter material
+ {writer's address, date, inside address, salutation, etc.}.
+ {Because the first page had already started and the drawing
+ position was non-negative, the `LT` macro was also too late to
+ turn off the default header on the first page.}
(BE): Annotate explicit `br` retained here; we don't want to
silently discard a partially collected line when closing the box
diversion. The document author should delete from a bottom
@@ -191,11 +191,7 @@
{optional} first argument is non-numeric, otherwise populate
`misc*verb` register as before.
(VERBON, VERBOFF): Stop prefixing `misc*verb` register
- interpolations with literal zeroes. This appears to have been a
- copy-and-paste of an old troff idiom for interpolating _strings_
- {or macro arguments}. But a register's interpolation is always
- valid in a numeric expression {unless someone fiddles its
- register format, which shouldn't happen to `misc*verb`}.
+ interpolations with literal zeroes.
2024-10-27 G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
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