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bug #60390: contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man: missing documentation about an absent salutation

Submitter:  Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Submitted:  Wed 14 Apr 2021 12:29:22 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Macro mm Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  Documentation Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  gbranden
Open/Closed:  Closed Planned Release:  1.23.0
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Sun 30 May 2021 03:22:10 PM UTC, comment #2: 


commit d843db13b7b6ffbadd7678d0f71bea43a1684bf6 (HEAD -> master)
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon May 31 00:59:01 2021 +1000

    [mm]: Document that LT SP doesn't give a FC.

    * contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man (Description/Macros) <LT>: Document
      the "SP" (simplified) letter style more completely.  Salutations and
      formal closings are omitted.

    Solves the remaining part of bug #60373, "the formal closing is omitted
    completely".  And, regarding the salutation, #60390.

    Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60373> and
    <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?60390>.

    * contrib/mm/m.tmac (let@fc_SP): Also add a comment to this otherwise
      suspicious-looking macro definition.


G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Group administrator
Sun 30 May 2021 02:48:09 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Somewhat to my surprise, the omission of the salutation and formal closing seems to be deliberate.  Quoting a comment from DWB 3.3's "mmt.sr".


'''\"   .(4 formats business letter in Simplified style
'''\"   Simplified: All lines begin at the left margin.  Also, the
'''\"   following features are included:  the salutation is replaced by an
'''\"   all-capital subject line; the complimentary closing is omitted;
'''\"   the writer's identification is typed in all-capital letters on
'''\"   one line.


G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Group administrator
Wed 14 Apr 2021 12:29:22 AM UTC, original submission:  

contrib/mm/groff_mm.7.man: missing documentation about an absent
salutation

  The case for letter type SP and option SA (salutation) is not
documented,
as the salutation is not output according to the file "m.tmac".

  Should explain a part of bug #60373 about missing "Dear Ms Smith" in
the output of the example file.


Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>

 

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