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commit 908a71d226532f44c8f44e0f7dd19c0732f5c103
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Feb 9 19:40:18 2021 +1100
doc/ms.ms, groff_ms(7): Tweak DD, MINGW stuff.
Explain meanings of DD and MINGW registers in prose sentences of the
body text rather than trying to cram them into table cells.
---
doc/ms.ms | 15 +++++++++++++++
tmac/groff_ms.7.man | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/ms.ms b/doc/ms.ms
index 822352a..edcb944 100644
--- a/doc/ms.ms
+++ b/doc/ms.ms
@@ -372,6 +372,21 @@ arrangements,
but on the next page in multiple-column contexts.
.
.
+.LP
+The
+.CW \[rs]n[DD]
+distance used before and after each pair of display macros is also
+applied to regions of the document preprocessed with
+.I eqn (1),
+.I pic (1),
+and
+.I tbl (1).
+.
+The \[lq]gutter\[rq] affected by
+.CW \[rs]n[MINGW]
+is the gap between columns in multiple-column page arrangements.
+.
+.
.\" ------------------------
.bp
.NH 1
diff --git a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
index ad9e554..ce22122 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
@@ -281,13 +281,28 @@ cb cb cb cb
lfCR lx l lfCR.
Register Definition Effective Default
_
-DD Display, table, eqn, pic spacing next para. 0.5v
-MINGW Minimum width between columns next page 2n
+DD Display distance (spacing) next paragraph 0.5v
+MINGW Minimum gutter width next page 2n
_
.TE
.RE
.
.
+.LP
+The
+.B \[rs]n[DD]
+distance used before and after each pair of display macros is also
+applied to regions of the document preprocessed with
+.IR \%@g@eqn (@MAN1EXT@),
+.IR \%@g@pic (@MAN1EXT@),
+and
+.IR \%@g@tbl (@MAN1EXT@).
+.
+The \[lq]gutter\[rq] affected by
+.B \[rs]n[MINGW]
+is the gap between columns in multiple-column page arrangements.
+.
+.
.\" ====================================================================
.SS "Cover page macros"
.\" ====================================================================
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