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commit 050fb0b187f08cec62c7fc381cf35cc8129c4c12
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 4 05:49:33 2026 -0600
[ms]: Generalize a statement.
Also refer to GNU troff, the program, with Texinfo's "command" command
instead of "code".
Also break Texinfo input lines in a roff-friendly way.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
doc/ms.ms.in | 3 +--
tmac/groff_ms.7.man | 3 +--
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index e7b90539c..8a86a23ac 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -4351,7 +4351,7 @@ and @code{refer} preprocessors.
Mark text meant for preprocessors by enclosing it in pairs of tokens
as follows, with nothing between the dot and the macro name.
Preprocessors match these tokens only at the start of an input line.
-@code{troff} interprets them as macro calls.
+The formatter interprets them as macro calls.
@DefmacList {TS, [@code{H}], ms}
@DefmacListEndx {TE, , ms}
@@ -4942,12 +4942,21 @@ spread the dots. The width of the page number field is
stored in the
@cindex @file{ms} macros, @code{groff} differences from @acronym{AT&T}
@cindex @acronym{AT&T} @file{ms}, macro package differences
-The @code{groff} @file{ms} macros are an independent reimplementation,
-using no @acronym{AT&T} code. Since they take advantage of the extended
-features of @code{groff}, they cannot be used with @acronym{AT&T}
-@code{troff}. @code{groff} @file{ms} supports features described above
-as Berkeley and Research Tenth Edition Unix extensions, and adds several
-of its own.
+The
+@code{groff}
+@file{ms}
+macros are an independent reimplementation,
+using no @acronym{AT&T} code.
+Since they take advantage of the extended features of
+GNU
+@command{troff}, @c GNU
+they cannot be used with @acronym{AT&T}
+@command{troff}. @c AT&T
+@code{groff}
+@file{ms}
+supports features described above
+as Berkeley and Research Tenth Edition Unix extensions,
+and adds several of its own.
@itemize @bullet
@item
@@ -4982,8 +4991,13 @@ Unix supported @code{P1}/@code{P2} macros to bracket code
examples; @code{groff} @file{ms} does not.
@item
-@code{groff} @file{ms} does not work in GNU @code{troff}'s
-@acronym{AT&T} compatibility mode. If loaded when that mode is enabled,
+@code{groff}
+@file{ms}
+does not work in
+GNU
+@code{troff}'s @c GNU
+@acronym{AT&T} compatibility mode.
+If loaded when that mode is enabled,
it aborts processing with a diagnostic message.
@item
diff --git a/doc/ms.ms.in b/doc/ms.ms.in
index 3277d6623..8b29f3eb4 100644
--- a/doc/ms.ms.in
+++ b/doc/ms.ms.in
@@ -2529,8 +2529,7 @@ with nothing between the dot and the macro name.
.
Preprocessors match these tokens only at the start of an input line.
.
-.I troff
-interprets them as macro calls.
+The formatter interprets them as macro calls.
.
.
.TS
diff --git a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
index 5a9889862..411c24722 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
@@ -1522,8 +1522,7 @@ with nothing between the dot and the macro name.
.
Preprocessors match these tokens only at the start of an input line.
.
-.I troff \" generic
-interprets them as macro calls.
+The formatter interprets them as macro calls.
.
.
.TP
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