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commit e5f180a08dfc644e7cd57c36ce885ff9d53c41d3
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Aug 10 11:30:47 2025 -0500
groff_mm(7): Continue terminological reform.
The "|" numeric expression operator is not "absolute", but
boundary-relative, as our manual is recently at pains to explain.
---
contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man b/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
index 22c03b32b..527bf214e 100644
--- a/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
+++ b/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
@@ -3660,10 +3660,11 @@ Multiple
calls in sequence produce only the largest of the specified
.I distances.
.
-Absolute motions with a prefixed
+.B SP
+accepts boundary-relative motions specified with a prefixed
.B |
-operator are accepted;
-negative ones are not.
+operator,
+but not negative ones.
.
.
.IP
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