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| author | wl <wl> | 2011-01-22 12:03:55 +0000 |
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| committer | wl <wl> | 2011-01-22 12:03:55 +0000 |
| commit | ea1b1d90d9c3b803594a630dac9a011dbe0a7ffc (patch) | |
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| parent | b6d46c3f3cf337acb5ffb163260d47bbd31996c3 (diff) | |
| download | groff-ea1b1d90d9c3b803594a630dac9a011dbe0a7ffc.tar.gz | |
* doc/groff.texinfo: Improve description of `.de'.
Based on suggestions by Ted Harding and Deri James.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/groff.texinfo b/doc/groff.texinfo index 377f013b..04d5e3c8 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texinfo +++ b/doc/groff.texinfo @@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ @copying This manual documents GNU @code{troff} version 1.21. -Copyright @copyright{} 1994-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, -2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 -Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright @copyright{} 1994-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @quotation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document @@ -11242,8 +11240,9 @@ invoked multiple times. Use macros to define common operations. @DefreqListEnd {dei1, name [@Var{end}]} Define a new macro named @var{name}. @code{gtroff} copies subsequent lines (starting with the next one) into an internal buffer until it -encounters the line @samp{..} (two dots). The optional second argument -to @code{de} changes this to a macro to @samp{.@var{end}}. +encounters the line @samp{..} (two dots). If the optional second +argument to @code{de} is present it is used as the macro closure +request instead of @samp{..}. There can be whitespace after the first dot in the line containing the ending token (either @samp{.} or macro @samp{@var{end}}). Don't insert |