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-4~This file describes recent user-visible changes in groff. Bug fixes are not
+This file describes recent user-visible changes in groff. Bug fixes are not
described. There are more details in the man and info pages.
VERSION 1.18
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ o Two new requests `ds1' and `as1' which are similar to `ds' and `as' but
with compatibility mode disabled during expansion of strings defined by
them.
+o The syntax of the `substring' request has been changed: The first
+ character in a string now has index 0, the last character has index -1.
+ Note that this is an incompatible change.
+
o `.hpf' has been extended. It can now handle most TeX hyphenation
patterns file without modification. To do that, the commands \patterns,
\hyphenation, and \endinput are recognized. Please refer to groff_diff.7