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commit ad8e19754f16a9ded12634ed1d1377c1d9db221b
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed May 6 04:54:59 2026 -0500
groff_man(7): Clarify string non-usage advice.
It's the contemporaneity of the _formatter_, not the man(7) document,
that decides the issue.
---
tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 83b86a56d..21e40aac0 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -2391,7 +2391,8 @@ see section \[lq]Files\[rq] below.
The following strings are defined for use in man pages.
.
_ifnotstyle()dnl
-None of these is necessary in a contemporary man page;
+None of these is necessary in man pages
+targeting only contemporary formatters;
see
.MR groff_man_style @MAN7EXT@ .
_endif()dnl
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