[groff] 03/05: groff(7): Fix error in .af description.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 8ab1416f261c25f842a4900ba9f3a22e17aaa499
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Oct 25 13:43:59 2020 +1100

    groff(7): Fix error in .af description.
    
    * man/groff.7 (Requests/Request short reference) <.af>: Fix error; "l"
      is not a valid register format.  Explain what the request does, and
      the default format, as tersely as possible.
    
    Wrong since 58a2ef73f6e9389fe756bce8cfe2161e48b7d8ee, 19 May 2000.  :(
---
 ChangeLog       |  6 ++++++
 man/groff.7.man | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9655703..c3b22c3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2020-10-25  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
+       * man/groff.7 (Requests/Request short reference) <.af>: Fix
+       error; "l" is not a valid register format.  Explain what the
+       request does, and the default format, as tersely as possible.
+
 2020-10-22  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 
        Use only malloc() and free() to manage memory of paths opened by
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index ebfa829..bb19db5 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -1179,8 +1179,26 @@ Start line adjustment in mode
 Assign format
 .I c
 to
-.I register
-(\f[CI]c\/\f[]\f[CR]\|\^\[eq]\|l,i,I,a,A\f[]).
+.IR register ,
+where
+.I c
+is
+.RB \[lq] i \[rq],
+.RB \[lq] I \[rq],
+.RB \[lq] a \[rq],
+.RB \[lq] A \[rq],
+or a sequence of decimal digits whose quantity denotes the width in
+digits to be used when the register is interpolated.
+.
+.RB \[lq] i \[rq]
+and
+.RB \[lq] a \[rq]
+indicate Roman numerals and base-26 Latin alphabetics,
+respectively,
+in the lettercase specified.
+.
+The default is \[lq]0\[rq].
+.
 .
 .TPx
 .REQ .aln "new old"