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Re: RS/RE and paragraphing macros


From: Alex Colomar
Subject: Re: RS/RE and paragraphing macros
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:26:14 +0100
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Hi Branden,

On 2/22/23 09:25, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
[...]

This sentence is precisely what I feel is missing in the documentation.
Don't you think?  Could you add this information to the manual page?

How about this?

diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 34a14c8c7..8416825cf 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -1980,9 +1980,14 @@ or
  or its synonyms is called;
  these clear the indentation entirely.
  .
-Insets created by
+A relative inset created by
  .B .RS
-move the left margin and persist until
+saves the current indentation,
+resets it to zero,
+and
+moves the left margin.
+.
+The new left margin persists until
  .BR .RS ,
  .BR .RE ,
  .BR .SH ,

Sounds good to me :)

Cheers,

Alex


Regards,
Branden

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