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commit 669dd496e37903652c68681ad3cc523ef505f4a4
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 2 02:50:19 2025 -0600
Reform terminology.
Eschew "normal mode" in favor of "not in compatibility mode".
Neither "normal mode" nor "groff mode" seem to communicate as much.
---
ChangeLog | 6 +++---
doc/groff.texi.in | 6 +++---
src/roff/groff/tests/check-delimiter-validity.sh | 13 +++++++------
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 112759519..8e12480e9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1268,9 +1268,9 @@
2025-11-06 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* src/roff/groff/tests/check-delimiter-validity.sh: Test many
- more delimiters in normal mode (that is, not compatibility
- mode), including punctuation characters and control characters
- that are valid as input.
+ more delimiters when not compatibility mode), including
+ punctuation characters and control characters that are valid as
+ input.
2025-11-05 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index c1ef938d5..cbb7f2a95 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -20101,7 +20101,7 @@ it does not.
@Example
.ds xx '
\w'abc\*(xxdef'
- @result{} 168 @r{(normal mode on a terminal device)}
+ @result{} 168 @r{(not in compatibility mode on a terminal device)}
@result{} 72def' @r{(compatibility mode on a terminal device)}
@endExample
@@ -20141,8 +20141,8 @@ but the text differs.
Hello!
..
\fB.xx\fP
- @result{} .xx @r{(normal mode)}
- @result{} Hello! @r{(compatibility mode)}
+ @result{} .xx @r{(not in compatibility mode)}
+ @result{} Hello! @r{(in compatibility mode)}
@endExample
@cindex @code{\s}, incompatibilities with @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}
diff --git a/src/roff/groff/tests/check-delimiter-validity.sh
b/src/roff/groff/tests/check-delimiter-validity.sh
index feddf0667..8e5b16a2b 100755
--- a/src/roff/groff/tests/check-delimiter-validity.sh
+++ b/src/roff/groff/tests/check-delimiter-validity.sh
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ for c in A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z \
'!' '"' '#' '$' "'" ',' ';' '?' \
'@' '[' ']' '^' '`' '{' '}' '~'
do
- echo "checking validity of '$c' as delimiter in normal mode" \
- >&2
+ echo "checking validity of '$c' as delimiter when not in" \
+ "compatbility mode" >&2
output=$(printf '\\l%c1n+2n\\&_%c\n' "$c" "$c" \
| "$groff" -w delim -T ascii | sed '/^$/d')
echo "$output" | grep -Fqx ___ || wail
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ done
for octal in 001 002 003 004 005 006 007 010 011 014 177
do
echo "checking validity of control character $octal (octal)" \
- "as delimiter in normal mode" >&2
+ "as delimiter when not in compatibility mode" >&2
output=$(printf '\\l\'$octal'1n+2n\&_\'$octal'\n' \
| "$groff" -w delim -T ascii | sed '/^$/d')
echo "$output" | grep -Fqx ___ || wail
@@ -50,15 +50,16 @@ done
for c in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + - '(' . '|'
do
- echo "checking invalidity of '$c' as delimiter in normal mode" \
- >&2
+ echo "checking invalidity of '$c' as delimiter when not in" \
+ "compatbility mode" >&2
output=$(printf '\\l%c1n+2n\\&_%c\n' "$c" "$c" \
| "$groff" -w delim -T ascii | sed '/^$/d')
echo "$output" | grep -qx 1n+2n_. || wail
done
# Regression-test Savannah #67744.
-echo "checking invalidity of \h as delimiter in normal mode" >&2
+echo "checking invalidity of \h as delimiter when not in" \
+ "compatibility mode" >&2
output=$(printf 'foo\\C\\h"1m"em\\h"1m"bar\n' \ | "$groff" -T ascii -a)
echo "$output" | grep -Fqx "foo--bar" && wail
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