gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit dece9524b18a3f1c2f317c991ad8c6c53bbb23f8
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jan 10 20:22:36 2026 -0600
[doc,man]: Edit conditional expression material.
* Add forward reference to footnote.
* Tighten wording.
* Sync between our Texinfo manual and groff(7).
* Annotate contemplated future feature change Savannah ticket.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 22 ++++++++++++----------
man/groff.7.man | 12 +++++++-----
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 871ad6575..29347e1d2 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -15072,11 +15072,11 @@ Always false.
This condition exists for compatibility with certain other
@code{troff}
implementations.@footnote{We refer to
-@code{vtroff},
-a translator that converted the C/A/T command stream
-produced by from early-vintage @acronym{AT&T}
+@command{vtroff},
+which converted the C/A/T command stream
+produced by early-vintage @acronym{AT&T}
@command{troff}
-to a form suitable for Versatec and Benson-Varian plotters.}
+to input suitable for Versatec and Benson-Varian plotters.}
@end table
If the first argument to an
@@ -15156,8 +15156,11 @@ vertical motion quanta of the device, after rounding.
@samp{.if
"\u\d"\v'0'"} is false even though both comparands result in zero net
motion, because motions are not interpreted or optimized but sent as-is
to the output.@footnote{Because formatting of the comparands takes place
-in a dummy environment, vertical motions within them cannot spring
-traps.} On the other hand, @samp{.if "\d"\v'0.5m'"} is true, because
+in a dummy environment,
+vertical motions within them cannot spring traps.
+@xref{Traps}.}
+On the other hand,
+@samp{.if "\d"\v'0.5m'"} is true, because
@code{\d} is defined as a downward motion of one-half em.@footnote{All
of this is to say that the lists of nodes created by formatting
@var{xxx} and @var{yyy} must be identical.
@@ -15184,13 +15187,12 @@ GNU
@command{troff} @c GNU
reads comparands protected with
@code{\?}
-in copy mode (@pxref{Copy Mode}),
-they need not even be valid
-@code{groff}
-syntax.
+in copy mode,@footnote{@xref{Copy Mode}.}
+they need not even be syntactically valid.
The escape character is still lexically recognized,
however,
and consumes the next character.
+@c but see Savannah #67329
@Example
.ds a \[
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index d35ca8e8e..b11d2dd3f 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -2447,16 +2447,18 @@ to avoid formatting them;
this causes them to be compared character by character,
as with string comparisons in other programming languages.
.
-Since comparands protected with
+Since
+GNU
+.I troff \" GNU
+reads comparands protected with
.B \[rs]?\&
-are read in copy mode,
-they need not even be valid
-.I groff
-syntax.
+in copy mode,
+they need not be syntactically valid.
.
The escape character is still lexically recognized,
however,
and consumes the next character.
+.\" but see Savannah #67329
.
.
.P
_______________________________________________
groff-commit mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff-commit
