From 214bba0d4a86d545963c5e123b97163bcbd90a4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "G. Branden Robinson" Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 14:44:30 +1100 Subject: groff_me(7): Add "Name space" subsection. --- tmac/groff_me.7.man | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) (limited to 'tmac/groff_me.7.man') diff --git a/tmac/groff_me.7.man b/tmac/groff_me.7.man index 86f38802c..c39c7003f 100644 --- a/tmac/groff_me.7.man +++ b/tmac/groff_me.7.man @@ -208,6 +208,36 @@ is acceptable as input. . . .\" ==================================================================== +.SS "Name space" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +Objects in +.I me +follow a rigid naming convention. +. +To avoid conflict, +any user-defined register, +string, +or macro +names should be single numerals or uppercase letters, +or any longer sequence of letters and numerals +with at least one uppercase letter. +. +(For portability betwen BSD and +.I groff +.IR me , +limit names to +two characters, +and avoid the name +.B [ +(left square bracket).) +. +The names employed +by any preprocessors in use +should also not be repurposed. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== .SS Macros .\" ==================================================================== . -- cgit v1.2.1