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commit 9adbac318eb3ff6fa3fe1169ee737bf58c09d37c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Jul 8 16:11:23 2025 -0500
doc/*,tmac/*: Reform style of ms docs.
Omit dot before macro names except when presenting their definitions.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 2 +-
doc/ms.ms | 190 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
tmac/groff_ms.7.man | 170 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
3 files changed, 181 insertions(+), 181 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index eed816104..3b87a5b90 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -4312,7 +4312,7 @@ past,@footnote{Unix Version@tie{}7 @file{ms}, its
descendants, and GNU
was used for the line length in footnotes; however, setting this
register at document initialization time had no effect on the footnote
line length in multi-column arrangements.@footnote{You could reset it
-after each call to @code{.1C}, @code{.2C}, or @code{.MC}.}
+after each call to @code{1C}, @code{2C}, or @code{MC}.}
@code{FR} should be used in preference to the old @code{FL} register in
contemporary documents. The footnote line length is effectively
diff --git a/doc/ms.ms b/doc/ms.ms
index d35146086..7b88c922d 100644
--- a/doc/ms.ms
+++ b/doc/ms.ms
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
.\" groff -ept -ms
.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2001 Larry Kollar
-.\" Copyright (C) 2020-2024 G. Branden Robinson
+.\" Copyright (C) 2020-2025 G. Branden Robinson
.\"
.\" This file is part of groff.
.\"
@@ -170,10 +170,10 @@ is a formatting instruction to
Put a macro call on a line by itself.
.
Use
-.CW .PP
+.CW PP
if you want your paragraph's first line indented,
or
-.CW .LP
+.CW LP
if you don't.
.KE
.
@@ -673,9 +673,9 @@ at the top of the first page.
.
.PP
Define these data by calling the macros below in the order shown;
-.CW .DA
+.CW DA
or
-.CW .ND
+.CW ND
can be called to set the document date
(or other identifier)
at any time before (a) the abstract,
@@ -684,18 +684,18 @@ or (b) its information is required in a header or footer.
.
Use of these macros is optional,
except that
-.CW .TL
+.CW TL
is mandatory if any of
-.CW .RP ,
-.CW .AU ,
-.CW .AI ,
+.CW RP ,
+.CW AU ,
+.CW AI ,
or
-.CW .AB
+.CW AB
is called,
and
-.CW .AE
+.CW AE
is mandatory if
-.CW .AB
+.CW AB
is called.
.
.
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ subsequently
macro below regarding the date).
.
Normally,
-.CW .RP
+.CW RP
sets the page number following the cover page to\~1.
.
Specifying the optional
@@ -748,8 +748,8 @@ Specify the document title.
.I ms
collects text on input lines following this call into the title
until reaching
-.CW .AU ,
-.CW .AB ,
+.CW AU ,
+.CW AB ,
or a heading or paragraphing macro call.
T}
_
@@ -759,10 +759,10 @@ Specify an author's name.
.I ms
collects text on input lines following this call into the author's name
until reaching
-.CW .AI ,
-.CW .AB ,
+.CW AI ,
+.CW AB ,
another
-.CW .AU ,
+.CW AU ,
or a heading or paragraphing macro call.
.
Call it repeatedly to specify multiple authors.
@@ -772,20 +772,20 @@ _
Specify the preceding author's institutional affiliation.
.
An
-.CW .AU
+.CW AU
call is usefully followed by at most one
-.CW .AI
+.CW AI
call;
if there are more,
the last
-.CW .AI
+.CW AI
call controls.
.
.I ms
collects text on input lines following this call into the author's
institution until reaching
-.CW .AU ,
-.CW .AB ,
+.CW AU ,
+.CW AB ,
or a heading or paragraphing macro call.
T}
_
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ or any
in the center footer,
and,
if
-.CW .RP
+.CW RP
is also called,
left-aligned at the end of the document description on the cover page.
T}
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ Typeset the current date,
or any
.I x , arguments\~
if
-.CW .RP
+.CW RP
is also called,
left-aligned at the end of the document description on the cover page.
.
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ Begin the abstract.
.I ms
collects text on input lines following this call into the abstract
until reaching an
-.CW .AE
+.CW AE
call.
.
By default,
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ its default unit is
Once specified,
.I width
applies to further
-.CW .IP
+.CW IP
calls until specified again or a heading or different paragraphing macro
is called.
T}
@@ -1127,9 +1127,9 @@ a region where each paragraph is indented from both
margins by
.CW \[rs]n[QI] .
.
The text between
-.CW .QS
+.CW QS
and
-.CW .QE
+.CW QE
can be structured further by use of other paragraphing macros.
T}
_
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ T}
.
.PP
After
-.CW .NH
+.CW NH
is called,
the assigned number is made available in the strings
.CW SN\-DOT
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ lf(CR).
.LP
Any such change in numbering style becomes effective from the next use
of
-.CW .NH
+.CW NH
following redefinition of the alias for
.CW \[rs]*[SN\-STYLE] .
.
@@ -1380,9 +1380,9 @@ for example,
table captions,
equation labels,
and
-.CW .XS /\c
-.CW .XA /\c
-.CW .XE
+.CW XS /\c
+.CW XA /\c
+.CW XE
table of contents entries.
.
.
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ argument is a GNU extension indicating the heading depth
corresponding
to the
.I depth
argument of
-.CW .NH .
+.CW NH .
.
It matches the type size at which the heading is set to that of a
numbered heading at the same depth when the
@@ -1464,9 +1464,9 @@ if the value of
register is greater than the
.I depth
argument to a
-.CW .NH
+.CW NH
or
-.CW .SH
+.CW SH
call,
the type size of a heading produced by these macros increases by
.CW \[rs]n[PSINCR]
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ T}
_
\&.R \f[R][\f[I]text\f[] [\f[I]post\f[] [\f[I]pre\f[]]]] T{
As
-.CW .B ,
+.CW B ,
but use the roman style
(upright text of normal weight)
instead of bold.
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ T}
_
\&.I \f[R][\f[I]text\f[] [\f[I]post\f[] [\f[I]pre\f[]]]] T{
As
-.CW .B ,
+.CW B ,
but use an
.I italic
or oblique style instead of bold.
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ T}
_
\&.BI \f[R][\f[I]text\f[] [\f[I]post\f[] [\f[I]pre\f[]]]] T{
As
-.CW .B ,
+.CW B ,
but use a
.BI "bold italic"
or bold oblique style instead of upright bold.
@@ -1647,7 +1647,7 @@ T}
_
\&.CW \f[R][\f[I]text\f[] [\f[I]post\f[] [\f[I]pre\f[]]]] T{
As
-.CW .B ,
+.CW B ,
but use a
.CW constant-width
(monospaced) roman typeface instead of bold.
@@ -1835,7 +1835,7 @@ Because changes to
.CW \[rs]*[FAM]
take effect only at the next paragraph,
this document uses
-.CW .CW
+.CW CW
to \[lq]inline\[rq] a change to the font family,
marking syntactical elements of
.I ms
@@ -2281,7 +2281,7 @@ _
Boxed keep macros cause breaks;
to box words within a line,
recall
-.CW .BX
+.CW BX
in section \[lq]Typeface and decoration\[rq] above.
.
Box lines are drawn as close as possible to the text they enclose so
@@ -2289,12 +2289,12 @@ that they are usable within paragraphs.
.
When boxing entire paragraphs thus,
you may improve their appearance by calling
-.CW .B1
+.CW B1
after the first paragraphing macro,
and invoking the
.CW sp
request before calling
-.CW .B2 .
+.CW B2 .
.
.
.TS
@@ -2313,13 +2313,13 @@ Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous
speeds.
.LP
If you want a boxed keep to float,
enclose the
-.CW .B1
+.CW B1
and
-.CW .B2
+.CW B2
calls within a pair of
-.CW .KF
+.CW KF
and
-.CW .KE
+.CW KE
calls.
.
.
@@ -2388,15 +2388,15 @@ The
.CW DI
register is a GNU extension;
its value is an indentation applied to displays created with
-.CW .DS
+.CW DS
and
-.CW .ID
+.CW ID
without arguments,
to
-.CW .DS\~I \[rq] \[lq]
+.CW DS\~I \[rq] \[lq]
without an indentation argument,
and to equations set with
-.CW .EQ\~I \[rq]. \[lq]
+.CW EQ\~I \[rq]. \[lq]
.
Changes to either register take effect at the next display boundary.
.
@@ -2482,7 +2482,7 @@ preprocessor.
The optional
.CW H
argument to
-.CW .TS
+.CW TS
instructs
.I ms
to repeat table rows
@@ -2513,9 +2513,9 @@ marks the start of a
preprocessor
diagram;
either of
-.CW .PE
+.CW PE
or
-.CW .PF
+.CW PF
ends it,
the latter with \[lq]flyback\[rq] to the vertical position at its top.
.
@@ -2593,7 +2593,7 @@ emits collected references
it interpolates the string
.CW \[rs]*[REFERENCES]
as an unnumbered heading
-.CW .SH ). (
+.CW SH ). (
.
.
.KS
@@ -2818,7 +2818,7 @@ as an argument to the
macro.
.
Such manual marks should be repeated as arguments to
-.CW .FS
+.CW FS
or as part of the footnote text to disambiguate their correspondence.
.
You may wish to use
@@ -2888,15 +2888,15 @@ You can place a second
interpolation between a
.CW \[rs]**
and its corresponding
-.CW .FS
+.CW FS
call as long as each
-.CW .FS
+.CW FS
call occurs
.I after
the corresponding
.CW \[rs]**
and occurrences of
-.CW .FS
+.CW FS
are in the same order as corresponding occurrences of
.CW \[rs]** .
.
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ The
register controls the formatting of automatically numbered footnote
paragraphs,
and those for which
-.CW .FS
+.CW FS
is given a
.I marker
argument,
@@ -2952,12 +2952,12 @@ or surrounded by square brackets
(on terminals).
.
The footnote paragraph is indented as with
-.CW .PP
+.CW PP
if there is an
-.CW .FS
+.CW FS
argument or an automatic number,
and as with
-.CW .LP
+.CW LP
otherwise.
.
This is the default.
@@ -2973,14 +2973,14 @@ As
.CW 1 ,
but without indentation
(like
-.CW .LP ).
+.CW LP ).
T}
3 T{
As
.CW 1 ,
but set the footnote paragraph with the marker hanging
(like
-.CW .IP ).
+.CW IP ).
T}
.TE
.KE
@@ -3016,10 +3016,10 @@ the footnote line length in multi-column
arrangements.\**
.
.FS
You could reset it after each call to
-.CW .1C ,
-.CW .2C ,
+.CW 1C ,
+.CW 2C ,
or
-.CW .MC .
+.CW MC .
.FE
.
.
@@ -3315,7 +3315,7 @@ in practice,
unless your page numbering is unusual,
this means that you should call it early,
before
-.CW .TL
+.CW TL
or any heading or paragraphing macro.
.
This is a Berkeley extension.
@@ -3350,9 +3350,9 @@ sets up to format the header also calls the
(normally undefined)
.CW HD
macro after
-.CW .PT ;
+.CW PT ;
you can define
-.CW .HD
+.CW HD
if you need additional processing after setting the header
(for example,
to draw a line below it).
@@ -3540,8 +3540,8 @@ The
.CW XA
macro,
used within
-.CW .XS /\c
-.CW .XE
+.CW XS /\c
+.CW XE
pairs,
supplements an entry\[em]for instance,
when it requires multiple output lines,
@@ -3556,9 +3556,9 @@ or by providing a second argument to the
.CW XA
macro.
.
-.CW .XS
+.CW XS
and
-.CW .XA
+.CW XA
automatically associate the page number where they are called with the
text following them,
but they accept arguments to override this behavior.
@@ -3569,7 +3569,7 @@ call
or
.CW PX
to emit the table of contents;
-.CW .TC
+.CW TC
resets the page number
.B i "" to\~
(Roman numeral one),
@@ -3599,10 +3599,10 @@ of
prevents a leader and page number from being emitted for that entry.
.
Use of
-.CW .XA
+.CW XA
within
-.CW .XS /\c
-.CW .XE
+.CW XS /\c
+.CW XE
is optional;
it can be repeated.
.
@@ -3613,11 +3613,11 @@ a supplemental entry is indented by that amount;
ens are assumed if no unit is indicated.
.
Text on input lines between
-.CW .XS
+.CW XS
and
-.CW .XE
+.CW XE
is stored for later recall by
-.CW .PX .
+.CW PX .
T}
\&.XA \f[R][\f[I]page-number\f[] [\f[I]indentation\f[]]] \^
\&.XE \^
@@ -3783,7 +3783,7 @@ call.
T}
\&.XH \f[I]depth heading-text T{
As
-.CW .XN ,
+.CW XN ,
but use
.I depth
to determine the indentation.
@@ -3805,9 +3805,9 @@ Macro Description
_
\&.XN\-REPLACEMENT \f[I]heading-text T{
These hook macros implement
-.CW .XN
+.CW XN
and
-.CW .XH ,
+.CW XH ,
respectively.
.
They call
@@ -3816,7 +3816,7 @@ and
pass their
.I heading-text
arguments to
-.CW .\%XH\-UPDATE\-TOC .
+.CW \%XH\-UPDATE\-TOC .
T}
\&.XH\-REPLACEMENT \f[I]depth heading-text \^
\&.XH\-INIT T{
@@ -4073,9 +4073,9 @@ This can cause problems for documents that define
additional macros of
their own that manipulate indentation.
.
Use
-.CW .RS
+.CW RS
and
-.CW .RE
+.CW RE
instead of the
.CW in
request.
@@ -4191,7 +4191,7 @@ and desire special treatment of certain page numbers
you may need to handle a non-Arabic page number format,
as
.I "groff ms" 's
-.CW .PT
+.CW PT
does;
see the macro package source.
.
@@ -4213,14 +4213,14 @@ and
as setting the default column width and \[lq]intercolumn gap\[rq],
respectively,
and which applied when
-.CW .MC
+.CW MC
was called with fewer than two arguments.
.
.I "groff ms"
instead treats
-.CW .MC
+.CW MC
without arguments as synonymous with
-.CW .2C ;
+.CW 2C ;
there is thus no occasion for a default column width register.
.
Further,
@@ -4228,7 +4228,7 @@ the
.CW MINGW
register
and the second argument to
-.CW .MC
+.CW MC
specify a
.I minimum
space between columns,
diff --git a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
index e32fb0989..6242ce957 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ macro call.
.\" information" section from ms.ms.
To compose a simple document from scratch,
begin it by calling
-.B .LP
+.B LP
or
-.BR .PP .
+.BR PP .
.
Organize longer documents as follows.
.
@@ -448,9 +448,9 @@ macros.
.
Define information describing the document by calling the macros below
in the order shown;
-.B .DA
+.B DA
or
-.B .ND
+.B ND
can be called to set the document date
(or other identifier)
at any time before (a) the abstract,
@@ -459,18 +459,18 @@ or (b) its information is required in a header or footer.
.
Use of these macros is optional,
except that
-.B .TL
+.B TL
is mandatory if any of
-.BR .RP ,
-.BR .AU ,
-.BR .AI ,
+.BR RP ,
+.BR AU ,
+.BR AI ,
or
-.B .AB
+.B AB
is called,
and
-.B .AE
+.B AE
is mandatory if
-.B .AB
+.B AB
is called.
.
.
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ subsequently
macro below regarding the date).
.
Normally,
-.B .RP
+.B RP
sets the page number following the cover page to\~1.
.
Specifying the optional
@@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ Specify the document title.
.I ms
collects text on input lines following this call into the title until
reaching
-.BR .AU ,
-.BR .AB ,
+.BR AU ,
+.BR AB ,
or a heading or paragraphing macro call.
.
.
@@ -533,10 +533,10 @@ Specify an author's name.
.I ms
collects text on input lines following this call into the author's name
until reaching
-.BR .AI ,
-.BR .AB ,
+.BR AI ,
+.BR AB ,
another
-.BR .AU ,
+.BR AU ,
or a heading or paragraphing macro call.
.
Call it repeatedly to specify multiple authors.
@@ -547,20 +547,20 @@ Call it repeatedly to specify multiple authors.
Specify the preceding author's institutional affiliation.
.
An
-.B .AU
+.B AU
call is usefully followed by at most one
-.B .AI
+.B AI
call;
if there are more,
the last
-.B .AI
+.B AI
call controls.
.
.I ms
collects text on input lines following this call into the author's
institution until reaching
-.BR .AU ,
-.BR .AB ,
+.BR AU ,
+.BR AB ,
or a heading or paragraphing macro call.
.
.
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ or any
in the center footer,
and,
if
-.B .RP
+.B RP
is also called,
left-aligned at the end of the document description on the cover page.
.
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ Typeset the current date,
or any
.RI arguments\~ x ,
if
-.B .RP
+.B RP
is also called,
left-aligned at the end of the document description on the cover page.
.
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ Begin the abstract.
.I ms
collects text on input lines following this call into the abstract until
reaching an
-.B .AE
+.B AE
call.
.
By default,
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ its default unit is
Once specified,
.I width
applies to further
-.B .IP
+.B IP
calls until specified again or a heading or different paragraphing macro
is called.
.
@@ -798,9 +798,9 @@ a region where each paragraph is indented from both margins
by
.BR \[rs]n[QI] .
.
The text between
-.B .QS
+.B QS
and
-.B .QE
+.B QE
can be structured further by use of other paragraphing macros.
.
.
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ This feature is a Berkeley extension.
.ne 3v
.P
After
-.B .NH
+.B NH
is called,
the assigned number is made available in the strings
.B SN\-DOT
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ you may alias it to
.
Any such change in numbering style becomes effective from the next use
of
-.B .NH
+.B NH
following redefinition of the alias for
.BR \[rs]*[SN\-STYLE] .
.
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ for example,
table captions,
equation labels,
and
-.BR .XS / .XA / .XE
+.BR XS / XA / XE
table of contents entries.
.
.
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ argument is a GNU extension indicating the heading depth
corresponding
to the
.I depth
argument of
-.BR .NH .
+.BR NH .
.
It matches the type size at which the heading is set to that of a
numbered heading at the same depth when the
@@ -1007,9 +1007,9 @@ if the value of
register is greater than the
.I depth
argument to a
-.B .NH
+.B NH
or
-.B .SH
+.B SH
call,
the type size of a heading produced by these macros increases by
.B \[rs]n[PSINCR]
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ or no-argument typeface macro call.
.BR .R \~[\c
.IR text \~[ post \~[ pre ]]]
As
-.BR .B ,
+.BR B ,
but use the roman style
(upright text of normal weight)
instead of bold.
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ Argument recognition is a GNU extension.
.BR .I \~[\c
.IR text \~[ post \~[ pre ]]]
As
-.BR .B ,
+.BR B ,
but use an italic or oblique style instead of bold.
.
.
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ but use an italic or oblique style instead of bold.
.BR .BI \~[\c
.IR text \~[ post \~[ pre ]]]
As
-.BR .B ,
+.BR B ,
but use a bold italic or bold oblique style instead of upright bold.
.
This is a Research Tenth Edition Unix extension.
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ This is a Research Tenth Edition Unix extension.
.BR .CW \~[\c
.IR text \~[ post \~[ pre ]]]
As
-.BR .B ,
+.BR B ,
but use a constant-width (monospaced) roman typeface instead of bold.
.
This is a Research Tenth Edition Unix extension.
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@ End boxed keep.
Boxed keep macros cause breaks;
to box words within a line,
recall
-.B .BX
+.B BX
in section \[lq]Highlighting\[rq] above.
.
Box lines are drawn as close as possible to the text they enclose so
@@ -1354,24 +1354,24 @@ that they are usable within paragraphs.
.
When boxing entire paragraphs thus,
you may improve their appearance by calling
-.B .B1
+.B B1
after the first paragraphing macro,
and invoking the
.B sp
request before calling
-.B .B2 .
+.B B2 .
.
.
.P
If you want a boxed keep to float,
enclose the
-.B .B1
+.B B1
and
-.B .B2
+.B B2
calls within a pair of
-.B .KF
+.B KF
and
-.B .KE
+.B KE
calls.
.
.
@@ -1472,9 +1472,9 @@ The
.B DI
register is a GNU extension;
its value is an indentation applied to displays created with
-.B .DS
+.B DS
and
-.B .ID
+.B ID
without arguments,
to
.RB \[lq] .DS\~I \[rq]
@@ -1548,15 +1548,15 @@ examples of its use.
.B .PE
.TQ
.B .PF
-.B .PS
+.B PS
marks the start of a
.MR @g@pic @MAN1EXT@
preprocessor
diagram;
either of
-.B .PE
+.B PE
or
-.B .PF
+.B PF
ends it,
the latter with \[lq]flyback\[rq] to the vertical position at its top.
.
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ of a text column or page.
Begin a footnote.
.
The
-.B .FS\-MARK
+.B FS\-MARK
hook
(see below)
is called with any supplied
@@ -1712,13 +1712,13 @@ for user-determined operations to be performed when the
macro is called.
.
It is passed the same arguments as
-.B .FS
+.B FS
itself.
.
By default,
this macro has an empty definition.
.
-.B .FS\-MARK
+.B FS\-MARK
is a GNU extension.
.
.
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ The
register controls the formatting of automatically numbered footnote
paragraphs,
and those for which
-.B .FS
+.B FS
is given a
.I marker
argument,
@@ -1773,12 +1773,12 @@ or surrounded by square brackets
(on terminals).
.
The footnote paragraph is indented as with
-.B .PP
+.B PP
if there is an
-.B .FS
+.B FS
argument or an automatic number,
and as with
-.B .LP
+.B LP
otherwise.
.
This is the default.
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ As
.BR 1 ,
but without indentation
(like
-.BR .LP ).
+.BR LP ).
.
.
.TP
@@ -1807,7 +1807,7 @@ As
.BR 1 ,
but set the footnote paragraph with the marker hanging
(like
-.BR .IP ).
+.BR IP ).
.RE
.
.
@@ -1981,9 +1981,9 @@ sets up to format the header also calls the
(normally undefined)
.B HD
macro after
-.BR .PT ;
+.BR PT ;
you can define
-.B .HD
+.B HD
if you need additional processing after setting the header.
.
.\" Although undocumented in Tuthill's 4.2BSD ms.diffs paper...
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ The
.B XA
macro,
used within
-.BR .XS / .XE
+.BR XS / XE
pairs,
supplements an entry\[em]for instance,
when it requires multiple output lines,
@@ -2120,9 +2120,9 @@ or by providing a second argument to the
.B XA
macro.
.
-.B .XS
+.B XS
and
-.B .XA
+.B XA
automatically associate the page number where they are called with the
text following them,
but they accept arguments to override this behavior.
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ call
or
.B PX
to emit the table of contents;
-.B .TC
+.B TC
resets the page number
.RB to\~ i
(Roman numeral one),
@@ -2165,9 +2165,9 @@ of
prevents a leader and page number from being emitted for that entry.
.
Use of
-.B .XA
+.B XA
within
-.BR .XS / .XE
+.BR XS / XE
is optional;
it can be repeated.
.
@@ -2178,11 +2178,11 @@ a supplemental entry is indented by that amount;
ens are assumed if no unit is indicated.
.
Text on input lines between
-.B .XS
+.B XS
and
-.B .XE
+.B XE
is stored for later recall by
-.BR .PX .
+.BR PX .
.
.
.TP
@@ -2216,17 +2216,17 @@ The remaining features in this subsection are GNU
extensions.
.
.I groff ms
obviates the need to repeat heading text after
-.B .XS
+.B XS
calls.
.
Call
-.B .XN
+.B XN
and
-.B .XH
+.B XH
after
-.B .NH
+.B NH
and
-.BR .SH ,
+.BR SH ,
respectively.
.
Text to be appended to the formatted section heading,
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ call.
.TP
.BI .XH\~ "depth heading-text"
As
-.BR .XN ,
+.BR XN ,
but use
.I depth
to determine the indentation.
@@ -2267,9 +2267,9 @@ encourages customization of table of contents entry
production.
.TQ
.BI \%.XH\-REPLACEMENT\~ "depth heading-text"
These hook macros implement
-.B .XN
+.B XN
and
-.BR .XH ,
+.BR XH ,
and call
.B \%XN\-INIT
and
@@ -2437,9 +2437,9 @@ This can cause problems for documents that define
additional macros of
their own that manipulate indentation.
.
Use
-.B .RS
+.B RS
and
-.B .RE
+.B RE
instead of the
.B in
request.
@@ -2554,7 +2554,7 @@ and desire special treatment of certain page
numbers\[em]like
may need to handle a non-Arabic page number format,
as
.IR "groff ms" 's
-.B .PT
+.B PT
does;
see the macro package source.
.
@@ -2575,14 +2575,14 @@ and
as setting the default column width and \[lq]intercolumn gap\[rq],
respectively,
and which applied when
-.B .MC
+.B MC
was called with fewer than two arguments.
.
.I groff ms
instead treats
-.B .MC
+.B MC
without arguments as synonymous with
-.BR .2C ;
+.BR 2C ;
there is thus no occasion for a default column width register.
.
Further,
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ the
.B MINGW
register
and the second argument to
-.B .MC
+.B MC
specify a
.I minimum
space between columns,
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