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commit 5382cebc76cd7b5d51af2835a068f24f2119bf2b
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 4 20:46:10 2026 -0500
doc/groff.texi.in: Improve wording.
Say what a register "interpolates", not what it "is".
Also break input lines in convenient places for roffing and diffing.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index f9714e2fd..289a934c6 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -23699,15 +23699,26 @@ compatibility
@result{} FOO groff FOO compatibility c1 ~
@endExample
-The read-only register @code{.cp}, meaningful only when dereferenced
-from a @code{do} request, is@tie{}1 if compatibility mode was on when
-the @code{do} request was encountered, and 0@tie{}if it was not. This
-register is specialized and may require a statement of rationale.
-
-When writing macro packages or documents that use GNU @code{troff}
-features and which may be mixed with other packages or documents that do
-not---common scenarios include serial processing of man pages or use of
-the @code{so} or @code{mso} requests---you may desire correct operation
+The read-only register
+@code{.cp},
+meaningful only when dereferenced from a
+@code{do}
+request,
+interpolates@tie{}1 if compatibility mode was on when the
+@code{do}
+request was encountered,
+and 0@tie{}if it was not.
+This register is specialized and may require a statement of rationale.
+
+When writing macro packages or documents that use
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+features and which may be mixed with other packages or documents
+that do not---common scenarios include serial processing of man pages
+or use of the
+@code{so}
+or
+@code{mso} requests---you may desire correct operation
regardless of compatibility mode enablement in the surrounding context.
It may occur to you to save the existing value of @samp{\n(.C} into a
register, say, @samp{_C}, at the beginning of your file, turn
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