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diff --git a/tmac/groff_tmac.man b/tmac/groff_tmac.man index 00a941bb1..8234b6b68 100755 --- a/tmac/groff_tmac.man +++ b/tmac/groff_tmac.man @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ macro package may be specified as .RE .LP The easiest way to find out which macro packages are available on a -system is to check the content of the +system is to check the contents of the .I tmac directories. For example, a file called @@ -363,34 +363,35 @@ The macro files are kept in the all of which constitute the .B tmac .BR path. -In accordance with the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), the standard -tmac directory location for groff is -.IB /usr/share/groff/ <version> /tmac\c -, a local installation will use -.IB /usr/local/share/groff/ <version> /tmac\c -\&. -An additional directory for site-specific files which will be searched by -default (before the standard tmac directory) is -.I /usr/share/groff/site-tmac -(resp.\& -.IR /usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac ). -Older systems used a subdirectory of -.IR /usr/lib . -Independently of the default tmac path, the tmac path actually used by a -document can always be set by a shell environment variable, cf. section -.BR ENVIRONMENT . +.LP +The elements of the search path for macro files are (in that order): +.IP \(bu 4 +the directories specified with troff's resp. groff's +.B \-M +command line option +.IP \(bu 4 +the directories given in the +.B GROFF_TMAC_PATH +environment variable +.IP \(bu 4 +the current directory +.IP \(bu 4 +a site-specific (platform-independent) directory, a platform-specific +directory, and the main tmac directory: +.IP "" 6 +@LOCALMACRODIR@ +.br +@SYSTEMMACRODIR@ +.br +@MACRODIR@ .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- .SH ENVIRONMENT .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- .TP .B GROFF_TMAC_PATH -A colon separated list of tmac directories in which to search for macro -files, the -.B tmac -.BR path . -If unset a default path is used as is outlined in the -.B FILES -section. +A colon separated list of additional tmac directories in which to search +for macro files. +See the previous section for a detailed description. .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- .SH BUGS .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- |