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bug #51071: groff(7): Add a reference to "groff_tmac(5)" about diversions

Submitter:  Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Submitted:  Fri 19 May 2017 11:44:55 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Core Severity:  1 - Wish
Item Group:  Documentation Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  gbranden
Open/Closed:  Closed Planned Release:  1.22.4
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Mon 05 Nov 2018 02:07:09 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Fixed in fd5e01280330c0965b8f2fa8f6a58adbfd85089e.

G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
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Fri 19 May 2017 11:44:55 PM UTC, original submission:  

From 8cb3f3830899433684fe4bb01d29a5dc065d3264 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2017 23:42:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] groff(7): Add a reference to "groff_tmac(5)" about diversions

  An explanation how to write a diversion that works is lacking in the
manual pages, except in groff_tmac(5).

Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
---
 man/groff.7.man | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 00e57f7a..b294063a 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -540,6 +540,9 @@ Moreover, there are some advanced roff elements.
 A
 .B diversion
 stores (formatted) information into a macro for later usage.
+See
+.BR groff_tmac (@MAN5EXT@)
+for more details.
 .
 A
 .B trap
@@ -1531,6 +1534,9 @@ End current diversion.
 .REQ .di "macro"
 Divert to
 .IR macro .
+See
+.BR groff_tmac (@MAN5EXT@)
+for details.
 .
 .TPx
 .REQ .do "name"
@@ -4570,6 +4576,10 @@ the predefined groff special characters (glyphs).
 the specification of fonts and the DESC file.
 .
 .TP
+.BR groff_tmac (@MAN5EXT@)
+contains a chapter about diversions.
+.
+.TP
 .BR roff (@MAN7EXT@)
 the history of roff, the common parts shared by all roff systems, and
 pointers to further documentation.
--
2.11.0


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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2018-11-05 gbranden Severity3 - Normal 1 - Wish
        Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Planned ReleaseNone 1.22.4
    2017-10-22 gbranden StatusIn Progress Fixed
    2017-10-22 gbranden CategoryNone Core
        Item GroupNone Documentation
        StatusNone In Progress
        Assigned toNone gbranden

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