Re: Differences in `ne` and `bp` line-breaking behavior

[onf]

Hi Branden,

On Mon Dec 2, 2024 at 9:56 PM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> I therefore think our description of `ne` in groff(7) pretty badly needs
> revision.
>
> Here's what it says now.
>
>        .ne       Break page if distance to next page location trap is
>                  less than one vee.
>        .ne d     Break page if distance to next page location trap is
>                  less than distance d (default scaling unit v).
>
> Here's what I propose.
>
>        .ne       Advance drawing position to the next vertical position
>                  trap if it is nearer than one vee.
>        .ne d     Advance drawing position to the next vertical position
>                  trap if it is nearer than distance d (default scaling
>                  unit v).
>
> How do people feel about that wording?

It clears up a lot of confusion. Thanks for that.

I feel like I am not the only one to have struggled to understand
.ne because it was misleadingly described as the former (and not
just by groff's manpage).

~ onf