Re: 03/20: doc/groff.texi.in: Revise "Traps" section.

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:06:26 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
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At 2026-01-19T07:03:43-0600, Dave Kemper wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 10:39 AM G. Branden Robinson
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >     * Drop footnote; the man(7) and mdoc(7) packages now use the stated
> >       technique.
> 
> I don't see why these macros packages using the technique warrants
> de-documenting it in the manual.  A reader looking for a way to
> accomplish an nroff task should expect to find info about it in the
> manual, rather than also being expected to trawl macro packages to
> find existing implementations of that task.  The excised footnote was
> light on details, but it did point readers to where they could learn
> more.

The `bp`/`ne` redefition approach has problems with tbl(1) tables that
are not, as far as I know, surmountable with that technique.

See <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65189>.

> Now only the .em method is mentioned, and it's not always the most
> suitable.

Is there some third technique you're aware of?

Regards,
Branden

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