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commit ed31f5b0d2d74940ac98221b2326d721d20e940a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Mar 27 05:09:50 2025 -0500
doc/groff.texi.in: Update `pm` discussion.
...in "Other Differences" section/node, syncing it with groff_diff(7).
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 87bd4772b..78fe122cc 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -18625,9 +18625,23 @@ The @code{bp} request differs from @acronym{AT&T}
@code{troff}: GNU
number; the former (somewhat uselessly) does.
@cindex @code{pm} request, incompatibilities with @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}
-The @code{pm} request differs from @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}: GNU
-@code{troff} reports the sizes of macros, strings, and diversions in
-bytes and ignores an argument to report only the sum of the sizes.
+In @acronym{AT&T}
+@command{troff}, @c AT&T
+the
+@code{pm}
+request reports
+macro,
+string,
+and
+diversion
+sizes in units of 128-byte blocks,
+and an argument reduces the report to a sum of the above in the same
+units.
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+reports the sizes in bytes if given no arguments,
+and otherwise dumps
+the @acronym{JSON}-encoded name and contents of each named argument.
@cindex @code{ss} request, incompatibilities with @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}
Unlike @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}, GNU @code{troff} does not ignore the
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