Hi Dave, At 2026-08-02T18:52:52-0500, Dave Kemper wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM G. Branden Robinson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Would you like to commit this yourself? > > Thanks, I'll request you do it this time: while I'm sure the git > machinery isn't rocket science, it's a learning curve I don't have the > bandwidth to take on at the moment.
No worries. > > So that final esoteric paragraph might be a specialized case of a > > more general and recent claim I make earlier in the same section. > > > > >> GNU 'troff' does not emit output if it has nothing to format. > > That sentence seems to want a qualifying adverb, based on > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68502 -- perhaps "does not necessarily > emit output." This is still a contrast to AT&T troff, which (absent > an error condition) always emits output. I don't think it does. GNU troff, the formatter, _doesn't_ emit output in such cases. But any file that the formatter loads, from a macro package to the troffrc to the input, can cause output to start. mom(7) causes output to start. That's what #68502 is all about. Regards, Branden
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