gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit da6516550c209a3aacd8d5795b340ab0a9c05a96
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 10 03:21:29 2026 -0500
groff(7): Drop now-redundant material.
---
man/groff.7.man | 23 ++---------------------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index b00d35659..3b1eb0bcd 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -2756,27 +2756,8 @@ or the name of a request.
.ne 3v
.TPx
.I npl
-is a numeric expression constituting a count of subsequent
-.I productive
-input lines;
-that is,
-those that directly produce formatted output.
-.
-Text lines produce output,
-as do control lines containing requests like
-.RB \[lq] ".tl //\^Page %//\^" \[rq]
-or an escape sequence like
-.RB \[lq] \[rs]\^l\[aq]1i\[aq] \[rq]
-(when not itself nested within a
-.B \[rs]w
-escape sequence).
-.
-Register,
-string,
-and macro definitions are not productive.
-.
-Macro calls are not themselves productive,
-but their interpolations can be.
+is a numeric expression constituting a count
+of subsequent productive input lines.
.
.TPx
.I reg
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