Hi Branden, On Mon Dec 2, 2024 at 9:56 PM CET, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > I therefore think our description of `ne` in groff(7) pretty badly needs > revision. > > Here's what it says now. > > .ne Break page if distance to next page location trap is > less than one vee. > .ne d Break page if distance to next page location trap is > less than distance d (default scaling unit v). > > Here's what I propose. > > .ne Advance drawing position to the next vertical position > trap if it is nearer than one vee. > .ne d Advance drawing position to the next vertical position > trap if it is nearer than distance d (default scaling > unit v). > > How do people feel about that wording?
It clears up a lot of confusion. Thanks for that. I feel like I am not the only one to have struggled to understand .ne because it was misleadingly described as the former (and not just by groff's manpage). ~ onf
