Update of bug #66803 (group groff):
Status: Confirmed => In Progress
Summary: scope of .hw misdocumented => [troff] scope of `hw`
request misdocumented
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Follow-up Comment #4:
Dave didn't explicitly mention it, but the commit in comment #0 is old enough
that this error escaped into the wild in _groff_ 1.23.0. Our 1.22.4 Texinfo
manual is correct.
Among other changes I have on the cooker, there's a fix for this one.
@@ -9261,21 +9266,31 @@ @node Manipulating Hyphenation
within-word placement restrictions imposed by the @code{hy} request (see
below).
-Hyphenation exceptions specified with the @code{hw} request are
-associated with the hyphenation language (see the @code{hla} request
-below) and environment (@pxref{Environments}); invoking the @code{hw}
+Hyphenation exception words are associated with the hyphenation language
+(see the @code{hla} request below);
+@c TODO: and environment (@pxref{Environments});
+invoking the
+@code{hw}
request in the absence of a hyphenation language is an error.
+Each hyphenation language maintains an independent set
+of hyphenation exception words.
The request is ignored if there are no parameters.
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