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commit b83bdd33623368227567abf5aba453e110e7da0e
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 1 21:41:39 2025 -0600
[doc,groff(1)]: Clarify point about paper config.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 5 +++--
src/roff/groff/groff.1.man | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 70ffb56e7..1e949f530 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -1637,8 +1637,9 @@ portrait and landscape orientations. Macro packages lack
a consistent
approach to configuration of parameters dependent on the paper format;
some, like @file{ms}, benefit from a preamble in the document prior to
the first macro call, while others, like @file{mm}, instead require the
-specification of registers on the command line to configure page
-dimensions.
+specification of registers on the command line,
+or otherwise before its macro file is interpreted,
+to configure page dimensions.
Output drivers for typesetters also recognize command-line options
@option{-p} to override the default page dimensions and @option{-l}
diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
index 0129c862d..ae0b50e89 100644
--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
@@ -897,8 +897,9 @@ benefit from a preamble in the document prior to the first
macro call,
while others,
like
.IR mm ,
-instead require the specification of registers on the command line to
-configure page dimensions.
+instead require the specification of registers on the command line,
+or otherwise before its macro file is interpreted,
+to configure page dimensions.
.
.
.P
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