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commit 09d6c1fbde4224b2da4e35bb654ce4172037893c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar 14 20:38:51 2025 -0500
[doc,man]: Clarify `ab` request behavior.
Use a metasyntactic variable name that we don't, elsewhere in document,
associate with `ds`-style argument handling. (`ab` doesn't strip a
leading `"` from its argument before writing it out.)
Sync language and line breaks between our Texinfo manual and groff(7)
and groff_diff(7) man pages.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 14 ++++++++++----
man/groff.7.man | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index d81057196..062b424fc 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -17603,11 +17603,17 @@ allowing leading embedded spaces.
but does not append a newline.
@endDefreq
-@Defreq {ab, [@Var{message}]}
+@Defreq {ab, [@Var{terminal-message}]}
@cindex abort (@code{ab})
-Write any @var{message} to the standard error stream (like @code{tm})
-and then abort GNU @code{troff}; that is, stop processing and terminate
-with a failure status.
+Write any
+@var{terminal-message}
+to the standard error stream
+(like
+@code{tm})
+and then abort GNU
+@command{troff}; @c GNU
+that is,
+stop processing and terminate with a failure status.
@endDefreq
@Defreq {ex, }
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 49976a1de..fa1d38942 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -2500,10 +2500,10 @@ Abort processing;
exit with failure status.
.
.TPx
-.REQ .ab message
+.REQ .ab terminal-message
Abort processing;
write
-.I message
+.I terminal-message
to the standard error stream and exit with failure status.
.
.TPx
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