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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-12 16:08:00 -0600 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-12 18:16:09 -0600 |
| commit | 01a8321361f65df6d46080497322e33282ea65f6 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ccef670c88142ad0fdde87266ac304e06448479 /tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man | |
| parent | 4beea88ea87d577c74e93debf4129aeb46dc6707 (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-01a8321361f65df6d46080497322e33282ea65f6.tar.gz | |
groff_mdoc(7): Revise "Conventions" section.
Annotate a general vagueness in the presentation of the macros.
Set references to the package's own macros with ".Pf . Ic \&Xx",
following a suggestion from Ingo Schwarze.
Diffstat (limited to 'tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man')
| -rw-r--r-- | tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man index f752947c2..d2e0178e9 100644 --- a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man +++ b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man @@ -779,9 +779,11 @@ but .Sq Li ls Bq Ar file . . Consequently, -a warning message is emitted for most commands if the first argument is +a warning message is emitted for many commands if the first argument is itself a macro, since it cancels the effect of the preceding one. +.\" XXX: I don't think it is made clear which macros eat only argument +.\" and which ones eat until another macro is encountered. -- GBR . On rare occasions, you might want to format a word along with surrounding brackets as a @@ -812,9 +814,9 @@ Explicit and .Fl offset arguments to the -.Ql \&Bl +.Pf . Ic \&Bl and -.Ql \&Bd +.Pf . Ic \&Bd macros are preferable. . . |