URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68675>
Summary: [pic] want `define` keyword for eqn-style macro
definitions
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: gbranden
Submitted: Fri 04 Sep 2026 10:06:47 PM UTC
Category: Preprocessor pic
Severity: 1 - Wish
Item Group: Feature change
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Date: Fri 04 Sep 2026 10:06:47 PM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2026-09/msg00013.html Doug McIlroy
reported]:
Although this is good Pic code
A: (1,2)
x = A.x
this isn't
define A { (1,2) }
x = A.x
The irregularity is probably primeval. Still, it deserves to be on the
wish list for Pic improvements.
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