[groff] 11/11: doc/groff.texi: Clarify behavior of `mc`.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 30778fdf6e4e7227f892eb065aae68e8976fdb81
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Nov 27 14:02:10 2023 -0600

    doc/groff.texi: Clarify behavior of `mc`.
    
    * doc/groff.texi (Miscellaneous): Clarify behavior of `mc`.
    
    Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64891>.  Thanks to Bjarni Ingi
    Gislason for the report.
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 ChangeLog      | 7 +++++++
 doc/groff.texi | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9d9ea1d8e..bf95ea4c1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2023-11-27  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
+       * doc/groff.texi (Miscellaneous): Clarify behavior of `mc`.
+
+       Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64891>.  Thanks to Bjarni
+       Ingi Gislason for the report.
+
 2023-11-27  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 
        * src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp (makeTempFiles): Stop explicitly
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 01c6da485..b6b9c8bd3 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -16620,10 +16620,10 @@ exceeds the line length, the margin character is 
appended to it.
 No margin character is written on lines produced by the @code{tl}
 request.
 
-The margin character is a property of the output line; the margin
-character last configured when the line is output controls.  If the
-margin character is disabled before an output line breaks, none is
-output (but see below).
+The margin character is a property of the output line.  Only one margin
+character is in effect at one time; the most recent @code{mc} call
+determines its value.  If the margin character is disabled before an
+output line breaks, none is output (but see below).
 
 The margin character is associated with the environment
 (@pxref{Environments}).