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commit 316c9da4a67b5ba404d9551902a7c7cbc88d9dc7
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri May 8 21:58:13 2026 -0500
[ms]: Clarify intro to macro call syntax in docs.
This new language is worded in the same order you type things, and
importantly doesn't ignore the cases where macros take arguments.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 5 +++--
doc/ms.ms.in | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 25be568a8..cf0310761 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -3023,8 +3023,9 @@ macro early in the document to initialize the package.
A
@dfn{macro}
is a formatting instruction to
-@file{ms}.
-Put a macro call on a line by itself with a dot before its name.
+@file{ms};
+to call it,
+start a line with a dot followed by its name.
Use
@samp{.PP}
if you want your paragraph's first line indented,
diff --git a/doc/ms.ms.in b/doc/ms.ms.in
index c2cb1ec65..d0601f6a0 100644
--- a/doc/ms.ms.in
+++ b/doc/ms.ms.in
@@ -189,9 +189,10 @@ macro early in the document to initialize the package.
A
.I macro
is a formatting instruction to
-.I ms.
+.I ms;
+to call it,
+start a line with a dot followed by its name.
.
-Put a macro call on a line by itself with a dot before its name.
.
Use
.CW PP
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