gbranden pushed a commit to branch branden-2023-03-31 in repository groff. commit fdb69f81473eb9df093dc17814047f2def9455a1 Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> AuthorDate: Wed Mar 22 17:37:04 2023 -0500
doc/groff.texi (Input Encodings): Tighten wording. Also annotate a future direction for development of this document. --- doc/groff.texi | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi index ac045b0da..70f0481e0 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texi +++ b/doc/groff.texi @@ -5452,6 +5452,11 @@ load it with the @code{mso} (``macro source'') request. @c --------------------------------------------------------------------- +@c TODO: Move a lot of this node to the "Invoking groff" chapter. Some +@c of the discussion is better placed in discussion of output drivers +@c (e.g., what character encodings _they_ support for output and their +@c responsibility for converting to them) as well. + @node Input Encodings, Input Conventions, Macro Packages, Text @subsection Input Encodings @@ -5495,8 +5500,7 @@ are interchangeable in their first 128 code points.@footnote{The with the successive standards, a cause of some frustration among man page writers; see the @cite{groff_char@r{(7)}} man page.} -The remaining encodings require support that is not built-in to the GNU -@code{troff} executable; instead, they use macro packages. +Other encodings are supported by means of macro packages. @table @code @item latin2 _______________________________________________ Groff-commit mailing list Groff-commit@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff-commit