[groff] 11/12: [ms]: Offer more FL register usage advice.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 590536036d1779d164863233da6eeb9a50157d7e
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 10 20:11:54 2021 +1100

    [ms]: Offer more FL register usage advice.
    
    * doc/groff.texi (ms Document Control Settings):
    * doc/ms.ms (Footnotes): Offer more advice (in a footnote, natch) to
      users who keep using the FL register instead of adopting the new FR
      string.
---
 doc/groff.texi |  3 ++-
 doc/ms.ms      | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index f2c6d40..5c97eb1 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -2874,7 +2874,8 @@ Version 7 Unix @file{ms}, its descendants, and GNU 
@file{ms} prior to
 @code{groff} version 1.23.0} an @code{FL} register was used for the line
 length in footnotes; however, setting this register at document
 initialization time had no effect on the footnote line length in
-multi-column arrangements.
+multi-column arrangements.@footnote{You could reset it after calling
+@code{.2C} or @code{.MC}, then again after @code{.1C}.}
 
 @code{FR} should be used in preference to the old @code{FL} register in
 contemporary documents.  The footnote line length is effectively
diff --git a/doc/ms.ms b/doc/ms.ms
index b6483d4..460f01e 100644
--- a/doc/ms.ms
+++ b/doc/ms.ms
@@ -1767,7 +1767,16 @@ an
 register was used for the line length in footnotes;
 however,
 setting this register at document initialization time had no effect on
-the footnote line length in multi-column arrangements.
+the footnote line length in multi-column arrangements.\**
+.
+.FS
+You could reset it after calling
+.CW .2C
+or
+.CW .MC ,
+then again after
+.CW .1C .
+.FE
 .
 .
 .PP