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commit 513f84a738000ba8eb31c2094dba90cfd6cb1a47
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Feb 22 22:43:59 2026 -0600
NEWS: Be more explicit about a syntax change.
...and why it's good: it makes the language more consistent, at low
predicted impact. (Who (1) wanted arguments to their `cf`, `hpf`,
`hpfa`, `lf`, `mso`, `msoquiet`, `nx`, `open`, `opena`, `so`, `soquiet`,
or `trf` requests truncated at the first space?; or (2) was attempting
to open or reference file names, or run shell commands, starting with "
characters with these requests? You can still do (2), you just have to
double the leading " character.)
---
NEWS | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index de0ed89e0..51d6bd44e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ troff
`trf` requests, and the second argument to the `open` and `opena`
requests. See "soelim" below.
+* The foregoing two changes make the syntax of the listed requests
+ consistent with that of `ds`, `as`, and others that take arguments
+ that the formatter reads to the next newline.
+
* The "number" warning category has been withdrawn. The diagnostic
that formerly used it has been promoted to an error.
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