gbranden pushed a commit to branch master in repository groff. commit f32b3988425888d35f831d1b609da00b15c06890 Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> AuthorDate: Sun Aug 27 04:05:31 2023 -0500
[docs]: Conditional operators don't create things. ...not registers or strings/macros/diversions, at any rate. Prompted by discussion with Peter Schaffter in <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2023-08/msg00142.html>. Also adjust poor man's keeps for more attractive pagination. --- doc/groff.texi | 3 +++ man/groff.7.man | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi index 73c79c6f4..9fa6bd913 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texi +++ b/doc/groff.texi @@ -12853,6 +12853,9 @@ true.@footnote{This bizarre behavior maintains compatibility with The unexpected @samp{r x} in the output is a clue that our conditional was not interpreted as we planned, but matters may not always be so obvious. + +Conditional operators do not create @code{roff} language objects as +interpolations with @code{\n} and @code{\*} escape sequences do. @c END Keep (roughly) parallel with subsection "Conditional expressions" @c of groff(7). diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man index 2fdb5e98b..a6cb0ed1a 100644 --- a/man/groff.7.man +++ b/man/groff.7.man @@ -2210,6 +2210,16 @@ they end the predicate and the conditional evaluates true. . (This bizarre behavior maintains compatibility with AT&T .IR troff .) +. +. +.P +Conditional operators do not create +.I roff +language objects as interpolations with +.B \[rs]n +and +.B \[rs]* +escape sequences do. .\" END Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Operators in .\" Conditionals". . @@ -5765,6 +5775,8 @@ and aliasing .request .als). . . +.br +.ne 2v .P When a request, macro, @@ -6844,6 +6856,8 @@ localization macro files loaded by and macro packages often override it. . . +.br +.ne 3v .TP .B 0 disables hyphenation. _______________________________________________ Groff-commit mailing list Groff-commit@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff-commit