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diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man index af1ebbbb2..9d9ed70b2 100644 --- a/man/groff.7.man +++ b/man/groff.7.man @@ -7213,15 +7213,6 @@ set and test the enablement of this mode. .\" ==================================================================== . .\" BEGIN Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Debugging". -.I groff -is not the easiest language to debug, -in part thanks to its design features of recursive interpolation and the -use of multi-stage pipeline processing in the surrounding system. -. -Nevertheless there exist several features useful for troubleshooting. -. -. -.P Preprocessors use the .B .lf request to preserve the identities of line numbers and names of input @@ -7240,13 +7231,14 @@ and options of .MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@ ). . -Backtraces can be automatically produced when errors or warnings occur -(the +A trace of the formatter's input processing stack can be emitted when +errors or warnings occur by means of +.MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@ 's .B \-b -option of -.MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@ ) -or generated on demand -.RB ( .backtrace ). +option, +or produced on demand with the +.request .backtrace +request. . .BR .tm , .BR .tmc , @@ -7262,8 +7254,8 @@ cause early termination with successful and error exit codes respectively, to halt further processing when continuing would be fruitless. . -The state of the formatter can be examined with requests that write -lists of defined names\[em]macros, +Examine the state of the formatter with requests that write lists of +defined names\[em]macros, strings, and .RB diversions\[em]( .pm ); |