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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-14 19:28:07 -0600 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-14 19:48:52 -0600 |
| commit | 88e89ebe9ce3931b49fb3cbd7fa20eacb03bf69f (patch) | |
| tree | 785e847468b40250ea58dcc7fa26378ecb519c21 /tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man | |
| parent | 01bde8101550c9c56e690fe046b0c4bedb5fb6e0 (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-88e89ebe9ce3931b49fb3cbd7fa20eacb03bf69f.tar.gz | |
[doc]: Support `X` register.
* tmac/doc.tmac (initialization): Add logic supporting `X` register just
as our man(7) implementation does.
* tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Options): Document it.
* NEWS: Update item.
Fixes part of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63046>.
Diffstat (limited to 'tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man')
| -rw-r--r-- | tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man | 23 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man index 4266d3485..a0b738a1c 100644 --- a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man +++ b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man @@ -5027,14 +5027,31 @@ is ignored when formatting for terminal devices. . . .Pp +Setting the +.Ql X +register to a page number +.Ar p +causes subsequent pages to be numbered as +.Ar p Ns Li a , +.Ar p Ns Li b , +.Ar p Ns Li c , +and so forth. +. +The register tracking the suffixed page letter uses format +.Ql a +(see the +.Ql af +request in +.Xr groff @MAN7EXT@ ) . +. +. +.Pp The .Ql HF string and .Ql FT -and -.Ql X -registers +register are reserved for potential future compatibility with .Xr groff_man @MAN7EXT@ page rendering options. |