Re: Inconsistent macro notation in manual pages.

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:19:06 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
Message-ID	<20260221191906.7nvw7hzv5vmv4hnv@illithid>

[self-follow-up]

At 2026-02-21T13:01:05-0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> Once we climb out of the man page kiddie pool and go swimming in the
> *roff ocean, we seize more power and take on more responsibility.  As
> I hinted above, we can:
> 
> * define our own macros;
> * rename macros;
> * delete macros; and
> * (in GNU troff) alias macros.
> 
> It is then important for us to have our wits about us and not confuse
> macro names with macro call syntax.

I forgot to mention _appending to macros_, an ancient, and often useful,
technique.

Regards,
Branden

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