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commit 6d37a420b3a782d03d24a814cd0d7c341a0be664
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 17 04:29:50 2026 -0500
[doc,man]: Clarify "productive input line" defn.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 4 +++-
man/groff.7.man | 4 +++-
man/groff_diff.7.man | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 59458a516..15b8b0745 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -9950,7 +9950,9 @@ we must introduce the concept of ``productive'' input
lines.
A
@dfn{productive input line}
directly produces formatted output.
-Text lines that populate the top-level diversion produce output,
+Text lines that populate a diversion
+(include the top-level one)
+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 1b2d9b3dc..1f11ec1e4 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -2537,7 +2537,9 @@ A
.I "productive input line"
directly produces formatted output.
.
-Text lines that populate the top-level diversion produce output,
+Text lines that populate a diversion
+(include the top-level one)
+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 485fba383..c4b164f58 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -1019,7 +1019,9 @@ A
.I "productive input line"
directly produces formatted output.
.
-Text lines that populate the top-level diversion produce output,
+Text lines that populate a diversion
+(include the top-level one)
+produce output,
as do control lines containing requests such as
.B tl
or an escape sequence like
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