Proposed: rename GNU troff's `.zoom` register to `.fzoom`

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:33:58 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
Message-ID	<20260429023358.dpream2w52snzksg@illithid>

Hi folks,

GNU troff is pretty good about making its read-only register extensions
correspond to the names of the requests that affect them, and added
several corresponding to AT&T troff request names.

`.zoom` is a conspicuous exception, and the only one I know of at this
writing (not counting those found in CSTR #54--those aren't extensions).

We could rename it for consistency, `aln`-alias it with the old name in
the stock troffrc, and kill it off later (applicable release + 2
years?).

Thoughts?  Objections?  Please follow-up to this thread or to the
Savannah ticket.

https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68288

Regards,
Branden

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