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commit 6bbf46585065cafbd6bc2db3f105bc5a1c2fcddc
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Sep 14 13:03:39 2024 -0500
[doc,man]: Risk stating obvious \newline use case.
(Sorry, Doug--"application" wouldn't fit in git's 50-character limit.)
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 6 +++---
man/groff.7.man | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 000ff7b21..2346e0de5 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -9979,9 +9979,9 @@ suppresses the effects of that newline in the input. The
next input
line thus retains the classification of its predecessor as a control or
text line. @code{\@key{RET}} is useful for managing line lengths in the
input during document maintenance; you can even break an input line in
-the middle of a request invocation, macro call, or escape sequence.
-Input line continuation is invisible to the formatter, with two
-exceptions: the @code{|} operator recognizes the new input line
+the middle of a word, request invocation, macro call, or escape
+sequence. Input line continuation is invisible to the formatter, with
+two exceptions: the @code{|} operator recognizes the new input line
(@pxref{Numeric Expressions}), and the input line counter register
@code{.c} increments.
@cindex @code{\@key{RET}}, interpretation in copy mode
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 0a7d14f3c..0fec2729f 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -624,7 +624,9 @@ as a control or text line.
.BI \[rs] newline
is useful for managing line lengths in the input during document
maintenance;
-you can break an input line in the middle of a request invocation,
+you can break an input line in the middle of a
+word,
+request invocation,
macro call,
or escape sequence.
.
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