> I am attempting to understand how diversions work, but I am getting
> results that don't match the examples in the info file.
They do match (at least with the version coming with 1.19.2). Please
read the explanation below -- maybe the section in the info file can
be improved. Suggestions are highly welcome.
> I put a little test file together based on the example in the info
> file, but things get re-ordered so it looks like the text in the
> line before the first '.di xxx' line ("Before the diversion.") is
> also diverted. What is going on here?
It is correct that the line before `.di xxx' is diverted also.
groff.info says exactly that.
I'll add comments to the right to explain the meaning:
> > .ft C
> > .sp |2i \" This causes a break, making
> > . \" the current `partially-filled
> > . \" line' empty.
> > .ll 4.5i
> > Before the diversion. \" This is put into the
> > . \" `partially-filled line'.
> > .di xxx \" The diversion starts
> > . \" collecting data from the
> > . \" `partially-filled line'.
> > 1 Inside the diversion.
> > 2 Inside the diversion.
> > 3 Inside the diversion.
> > 4 Inside the diversion.
> > 5 Inside the diversion.
> > 6 Inside the diversion.
> > 7 Inside the diversion.
> > 8 Inside the diversion.
> > 9 Inside the diversion.
> > .br \" This break flushes the
> > . \" `partially-filled' line to
> > . \" diversion. Were there no
> > . \" diversion, the data would be
> > . \" flushed to the `top-level
> > . \" diversion' which is the
> > . \" normal output stream.
> > .di \" End of redirection.
> > After the diversion.
> > .br \" The data is no longer
> > . \" redirected, thus it is
> > . \" flushed to the normal output
> > . \" stream.
Hope this helps. To not include the partially-filled line into the
diversion, either use `.box' or switch to a new environment.
Werner
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