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authorG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-11-03 08:38:04 -0500
committerG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-11-04 22:15:14 -0500
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[mdoc]: Make `Sx` use quotes, not italics.
[mdoc]: Make `Sx` macro perform quotation, not italicization. It's thorougly inconsistent with English composition practices to refer to (sub)section titles within a document as if they were major works. * tmac/doc.tmac (Sx): Implement. * tmac/mdoc/doc-ditroff (doc-Sx-font): * tmac/mdoc/doc-nroff (doc-Sx-font): Delete. * tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man (Section Cross References): Rename... ((Sub)section cross references): ...to this. Recognize existence of `Ss` macro, curiously overlooked before. * NEWS: Add item.
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@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ o The groff_man(7) man page documenting the groff implementation of the
o The doc (mdoc) macro package now honors the `C`, `HY`, `IN`, and `SN`
registers as the an (man) package does.
+o The doc (mdoc) macro package now renders man page (sub)section cross
+ references cited with the `Sx` macro by quoting them instead of
+ setting them in italics.
+
o The e (me) macro package has changed its support for output line
numbering with the `n1` and `n2` macros to resolve several bugs in the
previous implementation. The `n1` macro now accepts an optional `C`