[bug #64891] doc/groff.texi: not understanding a sentence in lines 16618-16619

[G. Branden Robinson]

Update of bug #64891 (project groff):

                Severity:              3 - Normal => 2 - Minor              
                  Status:                    None => Need Info              

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Follow-up Comment #1:


[comment #0 original submission:]
> Subject: doc/groff.texi: not understanding a sentence in lines
> 16618-16619
> 
> doc/groff.texi, line nr. 16618:
> 
> The margin character is a property of the output line; the margin
> character last configured when the line is output controls.  If the
> 
> The second sentence "the margin character ...", I can't get a meaning
> from it.

That's not a sentence, it's a clause.  You quoted only one sentence in full.

It means that multiple margin character requests might be issued while a
pending output line is being populated.


$ cat EXPERIMENTS/multiple-mc.roff
.ll 40n
Hello,
.mc +
.mc *
.mc |
world!
.pl \n(nlu
$ nroff EXPERIMENTS/multiple-mc.roff 
Hello, world!                            |


Is it clear now?

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