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

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:33:42 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
Message-ID	<20260119183342.mgngt35mzltvdc3c@illithid>

At 2026-01-19T12:20:10-0600, Dave Kemper wrote:
> 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.

:-O  How did THAT happen?

My fingers are twitching to type "git blame" as we speak.

Thanks for the report.  Will fix.

Regards,
Branden

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