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authorwlemb <wlemb>2004-07-03 12:46:54 +0000
committerwlemb <wlemb>2004-07-03 12:46:54 +0000
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* tmac/an-old.tmac (RI): Always start with font `R'.
(RI, IR): Properly end with font `R'. * man/ditroff.man, man/groff_font.man, man/groff_out.man, src/devices/grohtml/grohtml.man, src/preproc/grn/grn.man, src/preproc/pic/pic.man, tmac/groff_man.man, tmac/groff_ms.man: Don't pass more than six arguments to .R, .I, .B, etc., for compatibility with traditional troff macros.
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@@ -13047,9 +13047,13 @@ in special fonts, we must call @code{rchar} to remove the definition
of the fallback glyph. Anyway, the translation is still active;
@samp{x} now maps to the real glyph @samp{foo}.
-@cindex compatibility mode
-@cindex mode, compatibility
-Macro arguments preserve the compatibility mode:
+@cindex compatibility mode, and parameters
+@cindex mode, compatibility, and parameters
+@cindex arguments, and compatibility mode
+@cindex parameters, and compatibility mode
+@cindex macro arguments, and compatibility mode
+@cindex request arguments, and compatibility mode
+Macro and request arguments preserve the compatibility mode:
@Example
.cp 1 \" switch to compatibility mode
@@ -13068,7 +13072,7 @@ Since compatibility mode is on while @code{de} is called, the macro
compatibility mode status which was active at the point where @code{xx}
is called.
-After expansion of the macro arguments, the compatibility save and restore
+After expansion of the parameters, the compatibility save and restore
tokens are removed.