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[groff] 01/01: Clarify nl and .ne .
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Peter Schaffter |
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[groff] 01/01: Clarify nl and .ne . |
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Sun, 26 Feb 2017 22:31:08 -0500 (EST) |
PTPi pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 48de7e420599ea280969d1873aee5e88f223fecd
Author: Peter Schaffter <address@hidden>
Date: Sun Feb 26 22:30:37 2017 -0500
Clarify nl and .ne .
---
doc/groff.texi | 18 +++++++++---------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index b0e41dc..314315d 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -12572,12 +12572,12 @@ sense to use it outside of trap macros.
@cindex @code{ne} request, and the @code{.trunc} register
@cindex truncated vertical space register (@code{.trunc})
A read-only register containing the amount of vertical space truncated
-by the most recently sprung vertical position trap, or, if the trap was
-sprung by an @code{ne} request, minus the amount of vertical motion
-produced by the @code{ne} request. In other words, at the point a trap
-is sprung, it represents the difference of what the vertical position
-would have been but for the trap, and what the vertical position
-actually is.
+from an @code{sp} request by the most recently sprung vertical
+position trap, or, if the trap was sprung by an @code{ne} request,
+minus the amount of vertical motion produced by the @code{ne}
+request. In other words, at the point a trap is sprung, it
+represents the difference of what the vertical position would have
+been but for the trap, and what the vertical position actually is.
Since the @code{.trunc} register is only set by traps it doesn't make
much sense to use it outside of trap macros.
@@ -12954,9 +12954,9 @@ as register @code{nl}.
@cindex mark, high-water, register (@code{.h})
@cindex position of lowest text line (@code{.h})
@cindex text line, position of lowest (@code{.h})
-The @dfn{high-water mark} on the current page. It corresponds to the
-text baseline of the lowest line on the page. This is a read-only
-register.
+The @dfn{high-water mark} on the current page or in the current
+diversion. It corresponds to the text baseline of the lowest line
+on the page. This is a read-only register.
@Example
.tm .h==\n[.h], nl==\n[nl]
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