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commit 342ba036aacfebeba5bb36e3047d2dfa25eb9fb5
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Dec 7 20:20:07 2025 -0600
groff_diff(7): Revise drawing posn update caveat.
Reorganize. Tighten wording.
---
man/groff_diff.7.man | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index ddbba6891..09a40cc72 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -5904,10 +5904,22 @@ registers after using such a drawing command in a
.B \[rs]w
escape sequence).
.
+Thus after executing a
+.BR D \~command
+of the form
+.BI D z
+$x sub 1 ~ y sub 1 ~ ldots ~ x sub n ~ y sub n$,
+the drawing position increases by
+.
+$( sum from { i = 1 } to n x sub i , sum from { i = 1 } to n y sub i )$.
+.EQ
+delim off
+.EN
+.
For the sake of compatibility,
GNU
.I troff \" GNU
-also follows this rule,
+follows this rule,
even though it frustrates extensions to the
.B D
command that set drawing parameters rather than rendering objects,
@@ -5922,18 +5934,6 @@ GNU
filled ellipse,
.BR DE .
.
-Thus after executing a
-.BR D \~command
-of the form
-.BI D z
-$x sub 1 ~ y sub 1 ~ ldots ~ x sub n ~ y sub n$,
-the drawing position should be increased by
-.
-$( sum from { i = 1 } to n x sub i , sum from { i = 1 } to n y sub i )$.
-.EQ
-delim off
-.EN
-.
In a future release,
GNU
.I troff \" GNU
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