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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-04-01 14:24:28 -0500 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-04-09 11:25:28 -0500 |
| commit | cdac994b9597fc48c97f70ab753296c209ecc697 (patch) | |
| tree | a391bb3af36fe3ff4b74ce353dbe8a03131727cf /man | |
| parent | 16c01fda21786d2ead25670b00b67bc14f2ac500 (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-cdac994b9597fc48c97f70ab753296c209ecc697.tar.gz | |
groff(7): Add "Punning names" section.
We have a "Diversions" section for it to follow now.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/groff.7.man | 52 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man index 04afc7daf..9f9bf46c0 100644 --- a/man/groff.7.man +++ b/man/groff.7.man @@ -5363,31 +5363,6 @@ and aliasing .\" END Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Strings". . . -.\" We don't have a "Diversions" section for this to follow yet. When -.\" we do, it should become part of a "Punning Names" section. See -.\" groff.texi. -.ig -.P -Macros, -strings, -and diversions share a name space; -see section \[lq]Identifiers\[rq] above. -. -Internally, -the same mechanism is used to store them. -. -You can thus call a macro with string interpolation syntax and vice -versa. -. -Interpolating a string does not hide existing macro arguments. -. -The sequence -.B \[rs]\[rs] -can be placed at the end of a line in a macro definition or, -within a macro definition, -immediately after the interpolation of a macro as a string to suppress -the effect of a newline. -.. . . .\" ==================================================================== @@ -6821,6 +6796,33 @@ requests reprocess diversions. . . .\" ==================================================================== +.SH "Punning names" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.\" BEGIN Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Punning names". +Macros, +strings, +and diversions share a name space; +see section \[lq]Identifiers\[rq] above. +. +Internally, +the same mechanism is used to store them. +. +You can thus call a macro with string interpolation syntax and vice +versa. +. +Interpolating a string does not hide existing macro arguments. +. +The sequence +.B \[rs]\[rs] +can be placed at the end of a line in a macro definition or, +within a macro definition, +immediately after the interpolation of a macro as a string to suppress +the effect of a newline. +.\" END Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Punning names". +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== .SH Environments .\" ==================================================================== . |