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commit 33039bc8e6c2986ab48a19d4e89a5a9c6599f6f1
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Jun 2 03:42:17 2025 -0500
groff(7): Clarify use of \newline.
There's no rule against using it after a space, even if that's generally
unnecessary when filling is enabled.
---
man/groff.7.man | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index d935a71ac..54d863481 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -718,8 +718,8 @@ 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
-word,
+you can break an input line at a space,
+or in the middle of a word,
request invocation,
macro call,
or escape sequence.
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