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commit 5721d51a93448950169f0975c2b422bdd8720f68
Author: Dave Kemper <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Feb 5 22:10:31 2022 +0000
doc/groff.texi.in: Fix Savannah #61998.
* doc/groff.texi.in (Assigning Register Formats): Clarify guidance from
Unicode regarding Roman numerals.
Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61998>.
---
ChangeLog | 7 +++++++
doc/groff.texi.in | 11 ++++++-----
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b70071d3e..531c155b9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2022-02-05 Dave Kemper <[email protected]>
+
+ * doc/groff.texi.in (Assigning Register Formats): Clarify
+ guidance from Unicode regarding Roman numerals.
+
+ Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61998>.
+
2026-03-28 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
[troff]: Withdraw support for AT&T's exotic Roman numerals
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 7b34ed871..0c689b842 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -9303,11 +9303,12 @@ following the convention of
@command{troff},
and increasing the representable range of register values
to Arabic �39,999.
-The correct glyphs for Roman numerals five thousand
-(@code{U+2181})
-and ten thousand
-(@code{U+2182})
-are not used.}
+Following Unicode's recommendation,
+@c TODO: Find a source for that.
+GNU
+@command{troff} outputs Roman numerals
+using only alphabetic characters,
+not Roman numeral characters from Unicode's Number Forms block.}
@cindex read-only register, changing format
@cindex changing format, and read-only registers
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