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[groff] 05/12: [doc,man]: Annotate future directions.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 05/12: [doc,man]: Annotate future directions. |
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Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:21:31 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 99084799d19c7b265721ac622a2554d02ff76f50
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Dec 19 12:53:50 2024 -0600
[doc,man]: Annotate future directions.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 3 +++
man/groff.7.man | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index c1b703091..eb563eca3 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -11409,6 +11409,9 @@ while @var{contents} is interpreted. Any emboldening,
constant spacing,
or track kerning is applied to this object rather than to individual
glyphs in @var{contents}.
+@c TODO: Document Peter Schaffter's diversion-as-character trick.
+@c https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2024-12/msg00085.html
+
A character defined by these requests can be used just like a glyph
provided by the output device. In particular, other characters can be
translated to it with the @code{tr} or @code{trin} requests; it can be
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 410a002a3..0bcb8e32a 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -1914,6 +1914,9 @@ except that it does not cancel a pending end-of-sentence
state.
.\" END Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Dummy Characters".
.
.
+.\" TODO: Add sections here about characters (including custom
+.\" defintions with the `char` request family) and fonts (including
+.\" special fonts and the character resolution process).
.\" ====================================================================
.SH "Control structures"
.\" ====================================================================
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