Re: why have a .Y register? (was: groff 1.24.0.rc1 available for evaluation)

Dave Kemper <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
Message-ID <CACRhBXN_XeNard5PffKwBWm=r-=9kW-qFL5tfMGsv5SwjpCR0Q@mail.gmail.com> 
On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 11:31 AM G. Branden Robinson
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Regarding `.y`, that feature crept
> in in the mid-1970s with Ossanna troff.[1]

Then groff_diff(7) is in error, as it lists registers .x, .y, and .Y
as GNU troff additions.
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