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commit 234d4f1e42659b5f817f11d933a2bc4fe06ecbce
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Jan 5 08:02:47 2026 -0600
roff(7): Introduce requests, escape seqs earlier.
...per suggestion from Ingo Schwarze.
See <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67881>.
---
man/roff.7.man | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 335ac7b43..124dfe43c 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -160,6 +160,38 @@ These processes are basic to typesetting,
and can be controlled at the input document's discretion.
.
.
+.\" This paragraph and the subsequent example are unique to roff(7); in
+.\" Texinfo we introduce escape sequences and requests more gently.
+.P
+Instructions to
+.I roff
+take two forms.
+.
+One is the
+.IR request ,
+which occupies an input line and starts with the
+.IR "control character" ,
+a dot
+.RB \[lq] . \[rq].
+.
+The other is the
+.IR "escape sequence" ,
+which can occur almost anywhere and starts with the
+.IR "escape character" ,
+a backslash
+.RB \[lq] \[rs] \[rq].
+.
+Both characters are configurable.
+.
+.
+.RS
+.PP
+.EX
+\&.br \[rs]" break the output line
+.EE
+.RE
+.
+.
.P
When a device-independent
.I roff
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