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commit 79484b1c3580a9a8455ca5f049400a0fd5909ba6
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Feb 28 17:39:36 2025 -0600
doc/groff.texi.in: Drop redundant material.
The introduction to node/section "I/O" makes this point.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 24 ------------------------
1 file changed, 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index b927de377..17903036a 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -16499,9 +16499,6 @@ the directories specified by @option{-I} command-line
option. If
and the request has no further effect. @xref{Warnings}, for
information about the enablement and suppression of warnings.
-GNU @command{troff} strips a leading neutral double quote from the
-argument, allowing embedded leading spaces in @var{file}.
-
@code{so} can be useful for large documents; e.g., allowing each chapter
of a book to be kept in a separate file. However, files interpolated
with @code{so} are not preprocessed; to overcome this limitation, see
@@ -16581,9 +16578,6 @@ Both requests break the line before reading
@var{file},
unless invoked with the no-break control character.
-GNU @command{troff} strips a leading neutral double quote from the
-argument, allowing embedded leading spaces in @var{file}.
-
When used in a diversion, these requests embed a node (@pxref{Gtroff
Internals}) in it that, when interpolated, causes the contents of
@var{file} to be copied to the output. In @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff},
@@ -16631,9 +16625,6 @@ from becoming part of the diversion
(@pxref{Diversions}).
@cindex next file, read (@code{nx})
Stop processing the input file. If @var{file} is specified, read it;
otherwise, read the next pending input file, if any.
-
-GNU @command{troff} strips a leading neutral double quote from the
-argument, allowing embedded leading spaces in @var{file}.
@endDefreq
@Defreq {rd, [@Var{prompt} [@Var{arg1} @Var{arg2} @dots{}]]}
@@ -16720,9 +16711,6 @@ The formatter reads the remainder of the input line
into @var{command}
and passes it to @cite{popen@r{(3)}}. Output produced by the
command(s) is not captured by GNU @command{troff}.
-GNU @command{troff} strips a leading neutral double quote from the
-argument, allowing embedded leading spaces in @var{command}.
-
Multiple @code{pi} requests construct a multi-stage pipeline in the same
order as the formatter encounters the requests.
@@ -16758,14 +16746,6 @@ The formatter reads the remainder of the input line
into a buffer
and passes it to
@cite{system@r{(3)}}.
The formatter does not capture the output produced by the command(s).
-GNU
-@command{troff}
-strips a leading leading neutral double quote from
-@var{command},
-which it reads in copy mode
-(recall
-@pxref{Copy Mode}),
-allowing it to contain embedded leading spaces.
@cindex safer mode
@cindex mode, safer
@@ -16853,10 +16833,6 @@ Write @var{contents} to @var{stream}, which must
previously have been
the subject of an @code{open} (or @code{opena}) request. GNU
@command{troff} flushes the stream after writing to it.
-A leading neutral double quote in the second argument is stripped from
-it, allowing embedded leading spaces in @var{contents}, which is read to
-the end of the input line in copy mode.
-
The @code{writec} request is like @code{write}, but only @code{write}
appends a newline to @var{contents}.
@endDefreq
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