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authorG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-12-15 17:49:07 -0600
committerG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-12-17 10:58:32 -0600
commit0b301d463a7557dd712c3c8beda43bb36fdcea0b (patch)
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parent9933319b29f2c17326e0023f0ff58f81386751d9 (diff)
downloadgroff-git-0b301d463a7557dd712c3c8beda43bb36fdcea0b.tar.gz
groff(7): Clarify ns/rs and nroff/troff requests.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/groff.7.man')
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index a1e89b4c3..063448815 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -3521,7 +3521,7 @@ and auto-increment
.
.TPx
.REQ .nroff
-Make the built-in conditions
+Make the conditional expressions
.B n
true and
.B t
@@ -3529,7 +3529,16 @@ false.
.
.TPx
.REQ .ns
-Turn on no-space mode.
+Enable
+.IR "no-space mode" ,
+ignoring
+.B .sp
+requests until a glyph or
+.B \[rs]D
+primitive is output.
+.
+See
+.BR .rs .
.
.TPx
.REQ .nx
@@ -3760,7 +3769,11 @@ Remove register
.
.TPx
.REQ .rs
-Restore spacing; turn no-space mode off.
+Restore spacing;
+disable no-space mode.
+.
+See
+.BR .ns .
.
.TPx
.REQ .rt
@@ -4099,7 +4112,7 @@ transparently throughput into a diversion with
.
.TPx
.REQ .troff
-Make the built-in conditions
+Make the conditional expressions
.B t
true and
.B n