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commit 7d0ec2c065f9544897efca35f2e94c5f4acf10b5
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Jun 4 23:56:27 2025 -0500
grotty(1): Explain at better abstraction level.
GNU troff doesn't directly drive the output device. Like other output
drivers, grotty interprets "grout", the formatter's page description
language.
---
src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
index 7e9736c80..684f03b02 100644
--- a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
@@ -494,15 +494,13 @@ SGR and OSC escape sequences are not emitted.
.
.TP
.B \-d
-Ignore all
-.B \[rs]D
-drawing escape sequences in the input.
+Ignore all drawing commands in the input.
.
By default,
.I grotty
renders
-.BR \[rs]D\[aq]l \|.\|.\|.\& \[aq]
-escape sequences that have at least one zero argument
+.RB \[lq] "D l" \[rq]
+commands that have at least one zero argument
(and so are either horizontal or vertical)
using Unicode box drawing characters
(for the
@@ -518,9 +516,12 @@ characters
.
.I grotty
handles
-.BR \[rs]D\[aq]p \|.\|.\|.\& \[aq]
-escape sequences that consist entirely of horizontal and vertical
-lines similarly.
+.RB \[lq] "D p" \[rq]
+commands that consist entirely
+of horizontal and vertical lines similarly.
+.
+See
+.MR groff_out @MAN5EXT@ .
.
.
.TP
@@ -741,10 +742,9 @@ There is no support for fractional horizontal or vertical
motions.
.
.
.IP \[bu]
-.I roff
-.B \[rs]D
-escape sequences producing anything other than horizontal and vertical
-lines are not supported.
+Drawing commands
+producing anything other than horizontal and vertical lines
+are not supported.
.
.
.IP \[bu]
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ respectively.
.
.
.P
-The
+The commands generated by the
.B \[rs]l
and
.B \[rs]L
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