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[groff] 09/18: groff_diff(7): Clarify `dei` and `dei1` requests.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 09/18: groff_diff(7): Clarify `dei` and `dei1` requests. |
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Fri, 20 Aug 2021 06:25:22 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit 1b1fb53fa08cb2ef699d94e8d8f9c4627229e1a4
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Aug 20 12:03:31 2021 +1000
groff_diff(7): Clarify `dei` and `dei1` requests.
---
man/groff_diff.7.man | 44 +++++++++++++++++---------------------------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 3bdd8af..64aaf98 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -1811,37 +1811,27 @@ but compatibility mode is switched off during execution.
.
On entry, the current compatibility mode is saved and restored at exit.
.
-.TP
-.BI .dei\~ xx\~yy
-Define macro indirectly.
-.
-The following example
-.
-.RS
-.IP
-.ne 2v+\n(.Vu
-.EX
-\&.ds xx aa
-\&.ds yy bb
-\&.dei xx yy
-.EE
-.RE
.
-.IP
-is equivalent to
+.TP
+.BI .dei\~ xx\~\c
+.RI [ yy ]
+Define macro indirectly,
+with the name of the macro to be defined in string
+.I xx
+and the name of the end macro terminating its definition in string
+.IR yy .
.
-.RS
-.IP
-.EX
-\&.de aa bb
-.EE
-.RE
.
.TP
-.BI .dei1\~ xx\~yy
-Similar to the
-.B dei
-request but compatibility mode is switched off during execution.
+.BI .dei1\~ xx\~\c
+.RI [ yy ]
+As
+.BR .dei ,
+but compatibility mode is switched off when the definition of the
+macro named in the string
+.I xx
+is executed.
+.
.
.TP
.BI .device\~ anything
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