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commit 2d70d547bac2e6e56b40c38258c80dcfc53e7765
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon May 4 14:26:43 2026 -0500
doc/groff.texi.in: Fix style nits.
* Favor footnotes over inlining for forward references.
* Break input lines in places convenient for roffing and diffing.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 6f309a1e0..c91c939b7 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -11445,7 +11445,7 @@ extension to tab stop syntax.}
@cindex @code{\t}, and copy mode
@cindex copy mode, and @code{\t}
@cindex mode, copy, and @code{\t}
-Interpolate a tab in copy mode; see @ref{Copy Mode}.
+Interpolate a tab in copy mode.@footnote{@xref{Copy Mode}.}
@endDefesc
@Defreq {tc, [@Var{c}]}
@@ -11453,14 +11453,29 @@ Interpolate a tab in copy mode; see @ref{Copy Mode}.
@cindex character, tab repetition (@code{tc})
@cindex glyph, tab repetition (@code{tc})
Set the tab repetition character to the ordinary or special character
-@var{c}; normally, no glyph is written when moving to a tab stop (and
-some output devices may output space characters to achieve this motion).
-A @dfn{tab repetition character} causes the formatter to write as many
-instances of @var{c} as are necessary to occupy the interval from the
-horizontal drawing position to the next tab stop. With no argument, GNU
-@code{troff} reverts to the default behavior. The tab repetition
-character is associated with the environment (@pxref{Environments}).
-Only a single character of @var{c} is recognized; any excess is ignored.
+@var{c};
+normally,
+no glyph is written when moving to a tab stop
+(and some output devices may output space characters
+to achieve this motion).
+A
+@dfn{tab repetition character}
+causes the formatter to write as many instances of
+@var{c}
+as are necessary to occupy the interval
+from the horizontal drawing position to the next tab stop.
+If
+@var{c}
+is omitted,
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+reverts to the default behavior.
+The tab repetition character
+is associated with the environment.@footnote{@xref{Environments}.}
+Only a single character of
+@var{c}
+is recognized;
+any excess is ignored.
@endDefreq
@DefreqList {linetabs, [@Var{b}]}
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