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commit 18001fce40a380fa54eef3a8f582db7a7502293d
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jan 10 14:05:36 2026 -0600
doc/groff.texi.in: Fix style nits re: hyphenation.
* Kick cross reference to man page into a footnote.
* Kick forward reference into a footnote.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 3a07356c1..4c04519b8 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -10019,9 +10019,12 @@ values@tie{}16 and@tie{}32 should be avoided, as
should mode@tie{}1.
Modes@tie{}4 and@tie{}6 are typical.
A table of left and right minimum character counts for hyphenation as
-needed by the patterns distributed with GNU @code{troff} follows; see
-the @cite{groff_tmac@r{(5)}} man page for more information on GNU
-@code{troff}'s language macro files.
+needed by the patterns distributed with
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+follows.@footnote{See
+subsection ``Localization packages'' of
+@cite{groff_tmac@r{(5)}}.}
@multitable {German traditional} {pattern name} {left min} {right min}
@headitem language @tab pattern name @tab left min @tab right min
@@ -10036,9 +10039,13 @@ the @cite{groff_tmac@r{(5)}} man page for more
information on GNU
@item Swedish @tab sv @tab 1 @tab 2
@end multitable
-Hyphenation exceptions within pattern files (i.e., the words within a
-@TeX{} @code{\hyphenation} group) obey the hyphenation restrictions
-given by @code{hy}.
+Hyphenation exceptions within pattern files
+(that is,
+the words within a
+@TeX{}
+@code{\hyphenation}
+group)
+obey hyphenation restrictions imposed by @code{hy}.
@endDefreq
@Defreq {nh, }
@@ -10052,11 +10059,14 @@ for the languages listed above.
@cindex hyphenation mode default register (@code{.hydefault})
@DefreqList {hydefault, [@Var{mode}]}
@DefregListEndx {.hydefault}
-Set hyphenation mode default to @var{mode}, configuring the value the
-automatic hyphenation mode takes if @code{hy} is invoked without an
-argument. The hyphenation mode default is available in the read-only
-register @samp{.hydefault}; it is associated with the environment
-(@pxref{Environments}).
+Set hyphenation mode default to
+@var{mode},
+configuring the value the automatic hyphenation mode takes if
+@code{hy}
+is invoked without an argument.
+The hyphenation mode default is available in the read-only register
+@samp{.hydefault};
+it is associated with the environment.@footnote{@xref{Environments}.}
@endDefreq
@need 200
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