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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 04/09: doc/groff.texi: Note CSTR #54 errata consistently. |
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Sat, 28 Nov 2020 21:10:42 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 2672c0306c16cbdd8e951a97ad85884166765124
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov 29 00:02:22 2020 +1100
doc/groff.texi: Note CSTR #54 errata consistently.
I'm not sure it's our Texinfo manual's job to maintain an errata list
for CSTR #54 (1992), but if we're going to point these things out, do so
in a consistent way.
---
doc/groff.texi | 18 +++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 4903c96..6b9cce7 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -8575,9 +8575,11 @@ the current value by @var{offset}). This request does
not cause a
break, so changing the page offset in the middle of text being filled
may not yield the expected result. The initial value is 1@dmn{i}.
For terminal output devices, it is set to 0 in the startup file
-@file{troffrc}; the default scaling indicator is @samp{m} (and not
-@samp{v} as incorrectly documented in the @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}
-manual).
+@file{troffrc}; the default scaling indicator is @samp{m}.
+@cindex CSTR@tie{}#54 errata
+@cindex CSTR@tie{}#54 erratum, @code{.po} request
+This request is incorrectly documented in the @acronym{AT&T}
+@code{troff} manual as using a default scaling indicator of @samp{v}.
The current page offset can be found in the read-only register
@samp{.o}.
@@ -8963,6 +8965,10 @@ decrease) the page number of the next page (which
becomes the current
page after @code{bp} has finished). The difference between @code{bp}
and @code{pn} is that @code{pn} does not cause a break or actually
eject a page. @xref{Page Layout}.
+@c @cindex CSTR@tie{}#54 errata
+@c @cindex CSTR@tie{}#54 erratum, @code{\S} escape
+@c This request is incorrectly documented in the @acronym{AT&T}
+@c @code{troff} manual as taking a scaling indicator, but it does not.
@Example
.de newpage \" define macro
@@ -10241,8 +10247,10 @@ a single character as an argument) to change the font
on the fly:
.mc \S'20'x\S'0'
@endExample
-This request is incorrectly documented in the original Unix troff
-manual; the slant is always set to an absolute value.
+@cindex CSTR@tie{}#54 errata
+@cindex CSTR@tie{}#54 erratum, @code{\S} escape
+This escape is incorrectly documented in the @acronym{AT&T}
+@code{troff} manual; the slant is always set to an absolute value.
@endDefesc
@Defreq {ul, [@Var{lines}]}
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