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commit 8131e7f4c7a3fb032e5d0eb614db8defdc44e405
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 7 11:02:19 2026 -0600
doc/groff.texi.in: Recast `nm` request discussion.
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doc/groff.texi.in | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index d924f2862..3edfa3f0e 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -16737,25 +16737,53 @@ and apply a margin character on the right.
@cindex printing line numbers (@code{nm})
@cindex line numbers, printing (@code{nm})
@cindex numbers, line, printing (@code{nm})
-Begin (or, with no arguments, cease) numbering output lines.
-@var{start} assigns the number of the @emph{next} output line. Only
-line numbers divisible by @var{increment} are marked (default:
-@samp{1}). @var{space} configures the horizontal spacing between the
-number and the text (default: @samp{1}). Any given @var{indentation} is
-applied to the numbers (default: @samp{0}). The third and fourth
-arguments are reckoned in numeral widths (@code{\0}). @var{start} must
-be non-negative and @var{increment} positive.
-
-The formatter aligns the number to the right in a width of three numeral
-spaces plus @var{indentation}, then catenates @var{space} and the output
-line. The line length is @emph{not} reduced. Depending on the value of
-the page offset,@footnote{Recall @ref{Line Layout}.} numbers wider than
-the allocated space protrude into the left margin, or shift the output
-line to the right.
+Begin
+(or,
+with no arguments,
+cease)
+numbering output lines.
+@var{start}
+assigns the number of the
+@emph{next}
+output line.
+Only line numbers divisible by
+@var{increment}
+(default:
+@samp{1})
+bear marks.
+The formatter reckons the third and fourth arguments in numeral widths
+(@code{\0}):@:
+@var{space}
+configures the horizontal spacing between the number and the text
+(default:
+@samp{1}).
+Any given
+@var{indentation} applies
+applied to the numbers (default: @samp{0}).
+@var{start}
+must be non-negative and
+@var{increment}
+positive.
+
+The formatter aligns the number to the right
+in a space of three numeral widths plus
+@var{indentation},
+then catenates
+@var{space}
+and the output line.
+The line length is
+@emph{not}
+reduced.
+Depending on the value of the page offset
+(recall @ref{Line Layout})
+numbers wider than the allocated space protrude into the left margin,
+or shift the output line to the right.
Line numbering parameters corresponding to missing arguments are not
-altered. After numbering is disabled, @samp{.nm +0} resumes it using
-the previously active parameters.
+altered.
+After numbering is disabled,
+@samp{.nm +0}
+resumes it using the previously active parameters.
The parameters of @code{nm} are associated with the environment
(@pxref{Environments}).
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