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commit 7cc6adafcd0681f62e57255285b6d2c74ef7ad0c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 11 07:01:11 2026 -0600
doc/groff.texi.in: Recast "Page Motions" material.
* Use "recall" and non-parenthetical phrases for backward references.
* Break input lines in a roff-friendly way.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 29347e1d2..3a62e2100 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -16502,9 +16502,11 @@ drawing position unless @var{expr} begins with the
boundary-relative
measurement operator @samp{|}. @xref{Numeric Expressions}.
@endDefesc
-The following string definition sets the @TeX{}
-logo.@footnote{@xref{Strings}, for an explanation of the trailing
-@samp{\"}.}
+The following string definition sets the @TeX{} logo.
+Recall
+@ref{Strings}
+regarding the trailing
+@samp{\"}.
@Example
.ds TeX T\h'-.1667m'\v'.224m'E\v'-.224m'\h'-.125m'X\"
@@ -16512,13 +16514,22 @@ logo.@footnote{@xref{Strings}, for an explanation of
the trailing
@cindex backspace character
@cindex character, backspace
-An input backspace becomes a negative horizontal motion of one word
-space (recall @ref{Manipulating Filling and Adjustment}). This feature
-persists for backward compatibiity with early formatters that predate
-@command{nroff} and even Unix itself, and which used it to facilitate
-user-directed overstriking for character composition, boldfacing, and
-underlining. GNU @command{troff} has explicit features to support each
-of these; use them instead.
+An input backspace becomes a negative horizontal motion
+of one word space;
+recall @ref{Manipulating Filling and Adjustment}.
+This feature persists for backward compatibiity
+with early formatters that predate
+@command{nroff} @c generic
+and even Unix itself,
+and which used it to facilitate user-directed overstriking
+for character composition,
+boldfacing,
+and
+underlining.
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+has explicit features to support each of these;
+use them instead.
Several escape sequences support special cases of horizontal motion.
@@ -16560,7 +16571,8 @@ Move right by the width of a numeral in the current
font.
@endDefesc
Horizontal motions are not discarded at the end of an output line as
-word spaces are. @xref{Breaking}.
+word spaces are;
+recall @ref{Breaking}.
@DefescList {\\w, @code{'}, input, @code{'}}
@DefregItemx {st}
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