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authorG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2023-01-23 17:13:16 -0600
committerG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2023-01-23 17:13:16 -0600
commit3e442532140b295523c788631e4548eafe5c202c (patch)
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parent9dced34cd1811af261f05a8c6d1f8ccb373d7a7e (diff)
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groff_mm(7): Clarify indentation management.
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib')
-rw-r--r--contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man33
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man b/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
index f85defd5f..3d8fafaa1 100644
--- a/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
+++ b/contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man
@@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ An explicitly empty
also indicates the default.
.
.I text-indent
-sets the indentation and overrides the register
+sets the indentation in ens,
+overriding register
.BR Li .
.
If a third argument,
@@ -888,7 +889,8 @@ list item (see
.BR LI ).
.
.I text-indent
-overrides the default indentation of the list items set by register
+sets the indentation in ens,
+overriding register
.BR Pi .
.
A third argument prohibits printing of a blank line before each item.
@@ -1043,7 +1045,8 @@ Dash list start.
Begins a list where each item is printed after a dash.
.
.I text-indent
-changes the default indentation of the list items set by register
+sets the indentation in ens,
+overriding register
.BR Pi .
.
A second argument prevents an empty line between each list item.
@@ -1077,8 +1080,9 @@ format@Effect
none@No indentation.
L@No indentation.
I@T{
-Indent text with the value of register
-.BR Si .
+Indent text by
+.B \[rs]n[Si]
+ens.
T}
C@Center each line.
CB@Center the whole display as a block.
@@ -2378,8 +2382,9 @@ There is no nesting limit.
.
.
.IP
-The indentation can be changed through register
-.BR Li .
+The
+.B Li
+register configures the indentation amount in ens.
.
.
.IP
@@ -2542,7 +2547,7 @@ Start a list with the
argument preceding each list item.
.
.I text-indent
-sets the indentation and overrides the register
+overrides the default indentation of the list items set by register
.BR Li .
.
If a third argument,
@@ -2802,12 +2807,12 @@ This is the same as setting
.I type
to\~0.
.
-If the argument is\~1,
-the first line of text following\~\c
-.B P
-is indented by the number of spaces in register
-.BR Pi ,
-by default\~5.
+If
+.I type
+is\~1,
+the first output line of the paragraph is indented by
+.B \[rs][Pi]
+ens.
.
.IP
Instead of giving an argument to\~\c