[bug #63377] [mdoc] .Nm emits warning instead of content

[John Gardner]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?63377>

                 Summary: [mdoc] .Nm emits warning instead of content
                 Project: GNU troff
               Submitter: alhadis
               Submitted: Thu 17 Nov 2022 09:44:57 PM AEDT
                Category: Macro mdoc
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


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Follow-up Comments:


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Date: Thu 17 Nov 2022 09:44:57 PM AEDT By: John Gardner <alhadis>
The '.Nm' macro has stopped working with recent builds of Groff:


$ groff -Tutf8 -mandoc -Wall `man -w NotificationCenter`
Usage: .Nm name ... (#8)
Usage: .Nm name ... (#12)
Usage: .Nm name ... (#13)
NotificationCenter(8)       System Manager’s Manual     
NotificationCenter(8)

NAME
       NotificationCenter  — Notification Center service for display
notifica‐
       tions

DESCRIPTION
       is a system application for display notifications on the system

       There are no options for , and users should not run manually.

macOS                            July 4, 2018           
NotificationCenter(8)


The source of the man page used in the above example is terse, but legal:


.Dd July 4, 2018
.Dt NotificationCenter 8
.Os "macOS"
.Sh NAME
.Nm NotificationCenter
.Nd Notification Center service for display notifications
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a system application for display notifications on the system
.Pp
There are no options for
.Nm , and users should not run
.Nm
manually.








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