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commit c0fa06f8feb607e9680ee851320c19f58b252f38
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 4 03:36:16 2026 -0600
[doc,man]: Migrate `\Z` to "input" term.
Also tweak style: favor active voice over passive.
Expand description of escape sequence in groff(7), pulling material from
our Texinfo manual.
Also break input lines consistently between Texinfo and man pages.
Continues the long process of fixing Savannah #65976.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 13 ++++++++++---
man/groff.7.man | 12 +++++++++---
man/groff_diff.7.man | 11 ++++++++---
3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 05a173357..4406caeab 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -16581,11 +16581,18 @@ the drawing position. Use @code{\z} to overstrike
glyphs aligned to
their left edges, in contrast to @code{\o}'s centering.
@endDefesc
-@Defesc {\\Z, @code{'}, anything, @code{'}}
+@Defesc {\\Z, @code{'}, input}}
@cindex zero-width printing (@code{\z}, @code{\Z})
@cindex printing, zero-width (@code{\z}, @code{\Z})
-Save the drawing position, format @var{anything}, then restore it. Tabs
-and leaders in the argument are ignored with an error diagnostic.
+Save the drawing position,
+format
+@var{input},
+then restore it.
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+ignores tabs and leaders in
+@var{input}
+with an error diagnostic.
We might implement a strike-through macro thus.
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 9ad6ed254..6fcf296b6 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -6530,11 +6530,17 @@ Format character
with zero width\[em]without advancing the drawing position.
.
.TP
-.ESCq Z anything
+.ESCq Z input
Save the drawing position,
format
-.IR anything ,
-then restore the saved drawing position.
+.IR input ,
+then restore it.
+.
+GNU
+.I troff \" GNU
+ignores tabs and leaders in
+.I input
+with an error diagnostic.
.LE
.
.
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 0725cd143..5a65a5045 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -1379,13 +1379,18 @@ and their presence confuses drivers that do not know
about it
.
.
.TP
-.BI \[rs]Z\[aq] anything \[aq]
+.BI \[rs]Z\[aq] input \[aq]
Save the drawing position,
format
-.I anything
-(except tabs and leaders),
+.IR input ,
then restore it.
.
+GNU
+.I troff \" GNU
+ignores tabs and leaders in
+.I input
+with an error diagnostic.
+.
.
.TP
.B \[rs]#
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