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commit b420a11edc49929075ca77f1e959a9e0cd63f45f
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 23 13:46:15 2026 -0600
[mm]: Fix characterization of mmroff(1) tool.
The tool does not handle _cross_ references, but _internal_ ones; that
is, citations within the same document.
Also mention that mmroff handles PostScript inclusions in it summary
description, as that's one of its two functions.
---
contrib/mm/mmroff.1.man | 11 +++++------
contrib/mm/mmroff.pl | 2 +-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/mm/mmroff.1.man b/contrib/mm/mmroff.1.man
index 7d700217b..86b61ee12 100644
--- a/contrib/mm/mmroff.1.man
+++ b/contrib/mm/mmroff.1.man
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.TH mmroff @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "groff @VERSION@"
.SH Name
-mmroff \- cross-referencing front end for GNU
+mmroff \- reference- and PostScript inclusion-handling front end for GNU
.I roff mm
macro package
.
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ macro package
.I mmroff
is a simple wrapper for
.IR groff ,
-used to expand cross references in
+used to expand internal references in
.I m@TMAC_M_PREFIX@m
documents;
see
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ first with
.B \-z
and
.B \-rRef=1
-to populate cross-reference and index files with their corresponding
-entries,
+to populate reference and index files with their corresponding entries,
and then without to produce the document.
.
It also handles the inclusion of PostScript images with the
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ both exit afterward.
.
.TP
.B \-x
-Create or update the cross-reference file and exit.
+Create or update the reference list file and exit.
.
.
.\" ====================================================================
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ options were specified,
or if
.B \-x
was specified and the program successfully
-created or updated the cross-reference file.
+created or updated the reference list file.
.
It exits with status
.B 1
diff --git a/contrib/mm/mmroff.pl b/contrib/mm/mmroff.pl
index 094541893..d7f593b27 100644
--- a/contrib/mm/mmroff.pl
+++ b/contrib/mm/mmroff.pl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ usage: mmroff [-x] [groff-argument ...]
usage: mmroff --version
usage: mmroff --help
-$progname is a simple wrapper for groff(1), used to expand cross
+$progname is a simple wrapper for groff(1), used to expand internal
references in mm documents; see groff_mm(7). It also handles the
inclusion of PostScript images. Documents that do not use these
features of groff mm (the INITI, IND, INDP, INITR, SETR, GETHN, GETPN,
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