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commit df3aec7eaa8c6973937f0353ceb350eebd859e63
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Apr 27 17:33:35 2026 -0500
doc/groff.texi.in: Revise `\r`, `\u`, `\d` intro.
* Recast.
* Break input lines in a roff-friendly way.
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doc/groff.texi.in | 29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index e7646ceff..8ea6c7b75 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -17655,16 +17655,25 @@ to indicate continuation of a footnote.
@xref{Traps}.
@endDefesc
-A few escape sequences that produce vertical motion are unusual. They
-are thought to originate early in AT&T @code{nroff} history to achieve
-super- and subscripting by half-line motions on line printers and
-teletypewriters before the phototypesetter made more precise positioning
-available. They are reckoned in ems---not vees---to maintain continuity
-with their original purpose of moving relative to the size of the type
-rather than the distance between text baselines (vees).@footnote{At the
-@code{grops} defaults of 10-point type on 12-point vertical spacing, the
-difference between half a vee and half an em can be subtle:@: large
-spacings like @samp{.vs .5i} make it obvious.}
+A few escape sequences that produce vertical motion are unusual.
+They are thought to originate early in AT&T
+@command{nroff}
+history to achieve super- and subscripting
+by half-line motions on line printers and teletypewriters
+before the phototypesetter made more precise positioning available.
+They are reckoned in ems---not vees---to maintain continuity
+with their original purpose
+of moving relative to the size of the type
+rather than the distance between text baselines
+(vees).@footnote{At the
+@code{grops}
+defaults of 10-point type on 12-point vertical spacing,
+the difference between half a vee and half an em can be subtle:@:
+large spacings,
+as configured by
+@samp{.vs .5i}
+for example,
+make it obvious.}
@need 500
@DefescList {\\r, , , }
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