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commit 1e849706dd639e594fe86a17d10137cf8de121bd
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 18 05:43:51 2026 -0500
[ms]: Document hybrid bug fix/new feature.
See Savannah #68537.
---
NEWS | 5 +++++
doc/groff.texi.in | 13 +++++++++++++
doc/ms.ms.in | 15 +++++++++++++++
tmac/groff_ms.7.man | 15 +++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c16448b6d..1fc9d9a5d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -170,6 +170,11 @@ Macro packages
enable and support PDF features in any ms document without requiring
its author to update its content.
+* The s (ms) macro package now supports the use of automatically
+ numbered footnote marks (interpolated via `\**` or `\*[*]`) in tbl(1)
+ table entries. Other implementation of ms do not. Thanks to Deri
+ James.
+
* groff's ms(7) manual, "Using groff with the ms macros", is now built
and installed as a PDF rather than a PostScript document.
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index a88c4de50..1cccbe211 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -5675,6 +5675,19 @@ In
@code{groff} @file{ms},
it does.
+@item
+@acronym{AT&T}
+@file{ms}
+doesn't support use of automatically numbered footnote marks
+(@samp{\**}
+or
+@samp{\*[*]})
+in
+@command{@g@tbl}
+table entries.
+@code{groff} @file{ms}
+does.
+
@item
To make @code{groff} @file{ms} use the default page offset (which also
specifies the left margin), the @code{PO} register must stay undefined
diff --git a/doc/ms.ms.in b/doc/ms.ms.in
index 7e1f42b53..9c13b6125 100644
--- a/doc/ms.ms.in
+++ b/doc/ms.ms.in
@@ -4453,6 +4453,21 @@ it does.
.
.
.PP
+AT&T
+.I ms
+doesn't support use of automatically numbered footnote marks
+.CW \[rs]** "" (
+or
+.CW \[rs][*] )
+in
+.I tbl
+table entries.
+.
+.I "groff ms"
+does.
+.
+.
+.PP
To make
.I "groff ms"
use the default page offset
diff --git a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
index 23e7bef70..1d00a8ae0 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man
@@ -2685,6 +2685,21 @@ it does.
.
.
.IP \[bu]
+AT&T
+.I ms
+doesn't support use of automatically numbered footnote marks
+.RB (\[lq] \[rs]** \[rq]
+or
+.RB \[lq] \[rs]*[*] \[rq])
+in
+.I tbl
+table entries.
+.
+.I "groff ms"
+does.
+.
+.
+.IP \[bu]
To make
.I groff ms
use the default page offset
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