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[groff] 10/27: [doc,groff(1)]: Clarify point about paper config.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 10/27: [doc,groff(1)]: Clarify point about paper config.
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2025 01:22:20 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit b83bdd33623368227567abf5aba453e110e7da0e
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 1 21:41:39 2025 -0600

    [doc,groff(1)]: Clarify point about paper config.
---
 doc/groff.texi.in          | 5 +++--
 src/roff/groff/groff.1.man | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 70ffb56e7..1e949f530 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -1637,8 +1637,9 @@ portrait and landscape orientations.  Macro packages lack 
a consistent
 approach to configuration of parameters dependent on the paper format;
 some, like @file{ms}, benefit from a preamble in the document prior to
 the first macro call, while others, like @file{mm}, instead require the
-specification of registers on the command line to configure page
-dimensions.
+specification of registers on the command line,
+or otherwise before its macro file is interpreted,
+to configure page dimensions.
 
 Output drivers for typesetters also recognize command-line options
 @option{-p} to override the default page dimensions and @option{-l}
diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
index 0129c862d..ae0b50e89 100644
--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
@@ -897,8 +897,9 @@ benefit from a preamble in the document prior to the first 
macro call,
 while others,
 like
 .IR mm ,
-instead require the specification of registers on the command line to
-configure page dimensions.
+instead require the specification of registers on the command line,
+or otherwise before its macro file is interpreted,
+to configure page dimensions.
 .
 .
 .P



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