Re: Inconsistent macro notation in manual pages.

On 2026-02-22 dvalin--- via GNU roff typesetting system discussion wrote:

> [...] 

> Excessive consistency can sometimes reduce utility, in my experience.

> [...]

But the bottom line here is that the macro description for e.g. the .AU
macro in groff_ms looks like this:

    .AU    Specify an author’s name.  ms collects text on input lines (...)

and in groff_mm, for an identically named macro, it looks like this:

     AU [name [initials [loc [dept [ext [room [arg1 [arg2 [arg3]]]]]]]]]
             Specify author
             
This is just plain inconsistent in a non-excusable way. But I rest my case
now. ;)


Regards,
Morten