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commit 121db576c447b62b36394f2a3255a4a0903b4d1a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov 30 02:09:52 2025 -0600
groff_ms(7): Make macro call more efficient.
In preparing patches for the GNU findutils man pages recently, I've
found that it's easier to make people aware of AT&T man(7)'s
six-argument limit to macro calls if I demonstrate quotation of
multi-word arguments to macros, which almost* completely solves the
problem. Dogfood my advice.
* But only almost. If you want double quotes in a quoted man(7) macro
argument _and_ portability to AT&T troff, you are entering a world of
pain. A world. Of pain.
---
tmac/groff_ms.7.man | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
index 4a52bb1e1..9421dc9c6 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
@@ -1659,7 +1659,7 @@ or arbitrary user-specified text.
.TP
.B \[rs]**
Place an
-.I automatic number,
+.I "automatic number,"
an automatically generated numeric footnote mark,
in the text.
.
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