gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit f8d31126b5daaa5bb36e464330ecda065755b674
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 9 05:42:51 2026 -0500
NEWS: Announce new man(7) `LS` and `LE` macros.
---
NEWS | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b6daef441..8fd8e2e32 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -111,6 +111,21 @@ pic
Macro packages
--------------
+* The an (man) package offers new macros to ease the formatting of
+ lists. Enclose paragraphing macros between `LS` and `LE` to identify
+ them as list items. Doing so can mark them as "compact", ease
+ management of their indentation, and supply hints to the output
+ driver to improve their rendering (as with HTML). Lists can be
+ nested. (Sub)sectioning macro calls, and the end of the document,
+ close all open lists. See groff_man(7) for details, and
+ groff_man_style(7) for an example.
+
+ Because these macros format no text, documents employing them risk no
+ damage to their content if the formatter does not support them. A
+ man(7) document author can choose either to transition to these
+ macros, to to manage list "compactness" and item indentation with
+ existing man(7) package facilities, or to employ both approaches.
+
* The m (mm) macro package's `IA` and `WA` macros--used only with the
"letter" document type configured by calling the `LT` macro--no
longer disable the escape character, and their counterparts `IE` and
_______________________________________________
groff-commit mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff-commit
