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commit fc006aa614a922348a4348bd01bb629c9be41022
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 24 14:12:34 2026 -0500
[doc,man]: Tweak description of `.d` register.
We say "on page or in diversion" with respect to the "high-water mark"
register `.h`, so use the same phrasing for `.d`. While the top-level
diversion _is_ a diversion, it has some special properties, and users
who never employ diversions for their own purposes might not appreciate
that `.d` can have a meaningful value for their documents.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 8 +++++---
man/groff.7.man | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index dbf3c6fc0..320b8c854 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -19399,9 +19399,11 @@ interchangeably.
@cindex nested diversions
@cindex diversion, nested
@cindex diversion name register (@code{.z})
-@cindex vertical position in diversion register (@code{.d})
-@cindex position, vertical, in diversion, register (@code{.d})
-@cindex diversion, vertical position in, register (@code{.d})
+@cindex vertical drawing position on page or in diversion register (@code{.d})
+@cindex drawing position, vertical, on page or in diversion, register
(@code{.d})
+@cindex position, vertical drawing, on page or in diversion, register
(@code{.d})
+@cindex diversion, vertical drawing position in or on page, register
(@code{.d})
+@cindex page, vertical drawing position on or in diversion, register
(@code{.d})
Diversion requests may be nested. The read-only string-valued register
@code{.z} contains the name of the current diversion. The read-only
register @code{.d} contains the vertical drawing position in the
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 6762a96b1..778a0c1a5 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -7394,7 +7394,7 @@ see
.
.TP
.REG .d
-Vertical drawing position in diversion.
+Vertical drawing position on page or in diversion.
.
.TP
.REG .ev
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