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commit 841d87d936ead98f25c5079a4b8352a56be98d2a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 10 03:22:15 2026 -0500
[doc,man]: Clarify defn of productive input lines.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 5 +----
man/groff.7.man | 2 +-
man/groff_diff.7.man | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 3d3e9313f..2877e2afe 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -9927,10 +9927,7 @@ we must introduce the concept of ``productive'' input
lines.
A
@dfn{productive input line}
directly produces formatted output.
-Text lines produce output,@footnote{though not necessarily to the output
-device;
-see
-@ref{Diversions}}
+Text lines that populate the top-level diversion produce output,
as do control lines containing requests like
@samp{.tl //Page %//}
or an escape sequence like
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 3b1eb0bcd..11993e450 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ A
.I "productive input line"
directly produces formatted output.
.
-Text lines produce output,
+Text lines that populate the top-level diversion produce output,
as do control lines containing requests such as
.B tl
or an escape sequence like
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 7f540cd45..d4cfcd084 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ A
.I "productive input line"
directly produces formatted output.
.
-Text lines produce output,
+Text lines that populate the top-level diversion produce output,
as do control lines containing requests such as
.B tl
or an escape sequence like
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