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commit 01d2bc9439aedf0ac0d39f610d9a37957615624d
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Feb 26 18:35:35 2025 -0600
doc/groff.texi.in: Clarify `device`/`\X` behavior.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 17 +++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index de96e12ba..f42ba2994 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -16993,12 +16993,21 @@ in an author's name in document metadata or as a
usefully named bookmark
or hyperlink anchor, GNU @command{troff} maps other special characters
to Unicode special character notation. @xref{Using Symbols}.
-Special characters without a Unicode representation, and escape
-sequences that do not interpolate a sequence of ordinary and/or special
-characters, produce warnings in category @samp{char}.
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+does not write special characters
+without a Unicode representation
+and escape sequences that do not interpolate
+a sequence of ordinary and/or special characters
+as arguments to device extension commands;
+when encountered,
+these produce warnings in category @samp{char}.
+@xref{Warnings}.
@endDefesc
-GNU @command{troff} also permits the interpolation of macro contents
+GNU
+@command{troff}
+also permits the interpolation of macro contents
as a device extension command.
@DefreqList {devicem, name}
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