[bug #59962] soelim(1) man page uses pic diagram--should it?

[Dave]

Follow-up Comment #9, bug#59962 (group groff):

[comment #8 comment #8:]
> The new macro is a great idea and I agree that it will be
> picked up properly very slowly. Is it a GNU extension and
> which minimum requirement is attached to it?

The .MR man macro originated as an extension in Plan 9 troff in 2020, which
GNU troff then also adopted.  In the time since Branden wrote comment #6,
groff 1.23 has been released, so this macro is now officially available.

> It would be great if there is a web page explaining the use of this
> (and the minimum requirements as well) so I could point people to this.

I'm not aware of such a page.  The groff 1.23 release notes
(http://lists.gnu.org/r/info-gnu/2023-07/msg00001.html) cover the syntax of
.MR, but this information is buried in the middle of a very long document
describing a release with a huge number of changes.  And the macro is of
course documented in the groff_man(7) man page included with the 1.23 groff
release; this is probably the most definitive place to point people.


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