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[groff] 17/20: NEWS: Clarify items.
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 17/20: NEWS: Clarify items. |
Date: |
Thu, 24 Nov 2022 22:11:35 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 866dcbc6e7aa28f797ae78000ba90b2bdc88b68b
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Nov 24 20:36:21 2022 -0600
NEWS: Clarify items.
---
NEWS | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 599bcff7a..356856db3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ o New requests `soquiet` and `msoquiet` are available.
They operate as
o New requests `stringdown` and `stringup` are available. These change
the string named in their argument by replacing each of its bytes with
its lowercase or uppercase version (if any), respectively. groff
- special characters (see the groff_char(7) man page) can be used and
- the output will often transform in the expected way due to the
- regular naming convention of the special character escape sequences
- for accented letters.
+ special characters (see the groff_char(7) man page) in the string will
+ often transform in the expected way due to the regular naming
+ convention of the special character escape sequences for accented
+ letters. When they do not, use substrings and/or concatenation.
o The `ab` request no longer writes "User Abort." to the standard error
stream if given no arguments.
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ o The an (man) macro package can now produce clickable
hyperlinks within
since 2007, expose this feature. At present the feature is disabled
by default in `man.local` pending more widespread recognition of OSC 8
sequences in pager programs. The package now recognizes a `U`
- register to configure hyperlink support for any output driver.
+ register to enable hyperlinks in any output driver supporting them.
Use a command like
printf '\033]8;;man:grotty(1)\033\\grotty(1)\033]8;;\033\\\n' | more
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ o The m (mm) macro package now adapts to the paper format
selected when
groff mm(7) uses a page offset of 0.963 inches on typesetters for
compatibility with DWB mm. If the `W` or `O` registers are also set
on the command line, the line length and page offset, respectively,
- are not overridden.
+ are not overridden by "papersize.tmac".
o The m (mm) macro package now recognizes a `V` register to set the
vertical spacing for the document. Like the existing `S`, it must be
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