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commit 71fbdf5bcb77eaaf2ce3c59eb381f1140fe2f57b
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Jan 9 12:53:36 2026 -0600
NEWS: Add item regarding `ptr` -> `pwh`.
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NEWS | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ed229f0d2..1b544e1e0 100644
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -269,6 +269,13 @@ troff
name of each stream opened with the `open` or `opena` requests, the
name of the file backing it, and its mode (writing or appending).
+* The `ptr` request has been renamed to `pwh` (mnemonic: "Print WHen
+ traps will spring"). As a rule, debugging requests starting with `p`
+ correspond to a request name that manipulates the objects reports on
+ when the `p` is removed. However, `ptr` had nothing to do with the
+ `tr` request. The only exceptions to the stated rule of `p`-removal
+ are now `line`, `m`, and `stream`, none of which are request names.
+
* The `hla` request, when invoked with no arguments, now clears the
hyphenation language, disabling automatic hyphenation.
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