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author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-03-22 17:37:04 -0500 |
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committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-04-01 10:33:39 -0500 |
commit | 92f22e91183c19801edbdfd95305ad8464e631a9 (patch) | |
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parent | 774faa622718dd1f7b53d132381806124f6fdcf5 (diff) | |
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doc/groff.texi (Input Encodings): Tighten wording.
Also annotate a future direction for development of this document.
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diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi index ac045b0da..70f0481e0 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texi +++ b/doc/groff.texi @@ -5452,6 +5452,11 @@ load it with the @code{mso} (``macro source'') request. @c --------------------------------------------------------------------- +@c TODO: Move a lot of this node to the "Invoking groff" chapter. Some +@c of the discussion is better placed in discussion of output drivers +@c (e.g., what character encodings _they_ support for output and their +@c responsibility for converting to them) as well. + @node Input Encodings, Input Conventions, Macro Packages, Text @subsection Input Encodings @@ -5495,8 +5500,7 @@ are interchangeable in their first 128 code points.@footnote{The with the successive standards, a cause of some frustration among man page writers; see the @cite{groff_char@r{(7)}} man page.} -The remaining encodings require support that is not built-in to the GNU -@code{troff} executable; instead, they use macro packages. +Other encodings are supported by means of macro packages. @table @code @item latin2 |