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commit 269b62803ca7c990a4c73ba1eb191b2f45e07703
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 4 20:50:27 2026 -0500
doc/groff.texi.in: Elaborate `ti` applications.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 289a934c6..71addaff4 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -12300,12 +12300,15 @@ cancels any pending temporary indentation.
@cindex indentation, first line, of paragraph
@cindex hanging paragraph
@cindex paragraph, hanging
-The idiomatic application of the
+Idiomatic applications of the
@code{ti}
-request is invocation by a paragraphing macro
-to set up a first-line indentation,
-of positive sign in the conventional case,
-and negative for a ``hanging'' paragraph.
+request are invocations by paragraphing macros;
+(1) to set up a first-line indentation of positive sign;
+and
+(2) to set up a ``normal'' temporary indentation of negative sign
+offsetting a posiitive indentation
+that applies to the whole parargraph,
+known as a ``hanging indent''.
@endDefreq
@DefreqList {ll, [@Var{length}]}
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