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commit f3eb210695e3e6ae4fdb8d26fa8cfed0d50c73a5
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Nov 14 07:44:20 2025 -0600
doc/groff.texi.in: Correct and clarify.
The `ps` request's measurement does not default to unit `s`, but `z`.
Add helpful internal references.
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doc/groff.texi.in | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 403b33f95..f021f5551 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -6518,7 +6518,8 @@ like
@code{p},
but used only with type sizes,
to overcome a limitation of AT&T
-@command{troff}. @c AT&T
+@command{troff}; @c AT&T
+see @ref{Using Fractional Type Sizes}.
@item f
GNU @code{troff} defines this unit to scale decimal fractions in the
@@ -13065,9 +13066,14 @@ see @ref{Environments})
@cindex changing type sizes (@code{ps}, @code{\s})
@cindex type sizes, changing (@code{ps}, @code{\s})
@cindex point sizes, changing (@code{ps}, @code{\s})
-Set (increase, decrease) the type size to (by) @var{size} scaled points.
-@code{ps} with no argument restores the previous size. The @code{ps}
-request's default scaling unit is @samp{z}.
+Set (increase, decrease) the type size to (by) @var{size} points.
+@code{ps} with no argument restores the previous size.
+The
+@code{ps}
+request's default scaling unit is
+@samp{z};
+recall @ref{Measurements}
+and see @ref{Using Fractional Type Sizes}).
The formatter rounds the requested size to the nearest valid size
(with ties rounding down)
within the limits supported by the device,
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