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commit 625b50c4507b6259cd09d0bac74fc975a8fc8081
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jun 7 00:19:54 2025 -0500
doc/*,man/*: Clarify `\[fHmMrsS]` "transparency".
("Transparency", an overused and much-abused term in *roff discourse,
here refers to the bit of parser state that decides whether it is
scanning the beginning of an input line.)
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 8 +++++++-
man/groff_diff.7.man | 9 +++++++--
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 5ba59d2b1..292e55af4 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -18961,7 +18961,13 @@ The escape sequences
@code{\s},
and
@code{\S}
-are transparent at the beginning of a line only in compatibility mode.
+are transparent at the beginning of a line,
+or after the conditional expression of an
+@code{if}
+or
+@code{ie}
+request,
+only in compatibility mode.
That is,
upon interpreting them,
GNU
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 0e857c0bb..fa4eebccd 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -6313,8 +6313,13 @@ The escape sequences
.BR \[rs]s ,
and
.B \[rs]S
-are transparent at the beginning of an input line only in compatibility
-mode.
+are transparent at the beginning of an input line,
+or after the conditional expression of an
+.RB \[lq] if \[rq]
+or
+.B ie
+request,
+only in compatibility mode.
.
That is,
upon interpreting them,
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