In some manual pages, macros are (IMO, correctly) prefixed with a dot. In others such as groff_mm, groff_me and groff_www, the macros are written without the leading dot. I should say that the former notation is correct because that is how they are actually written: ".AL" is a macro "AL" is not.
I have made a small convenience function in a groff editing mode I have made for my editor whereby I may just hit <F1> in a line with a macro and then the corresponding manual page will pop up and show the first match of the macro (often its definition), but this is rather dependent on the leading dot being present in the search pattern, otherwise it is anyone's guess what will actually be matched. Would you agree that the manual pages that do not adhere to the leading dot notation ought to be changed? I am willing to do the work, in that case. Regards, Morten
