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

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51071>

                 Summary: groff(7): Add a reference to "groff_tmac(5)" about
diversions
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: bjarniig
            Submitted on: Fri 19 May 2017 11:44:55 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

>From 8cb3f3830899433684fe4bb01d29a5dc065d3264 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <address@hidden>
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 <address@hidden>
---
 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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