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[groff] 02/10: Revert "[docs]: De-document `spacewidth` as mandatory."


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 02/10: Revert "[docs]: De-document `spacewidth` as mandatory."
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2021 10:36:05 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 5fb1da945eba27b5145009d2ce70bfeb075394ec
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Sep 24 17:29:11 2021 +1000

    Revert "[docs]: De-document `spacewidth` as mandatory."
    
    This reverts commit 1517db0a1ce0442e076db81b34916bdd804d17ff.
    
    ...and tightens the wording further.  Thanks to Deri James for the
    discussion.
---
 doc/groff.texi       |  5 +----
 man/groff_font.5.man | 16 ++--------------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index cec6387..eb1c0fb 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -18095,10 +18095,7 @@ The width of a normal, unadjusted space is 
@var{n}@tie{}basic units at
 a type size of @var{unit-width} points.
 @end table
 
-The @code{name} directive is mandatory, and @code{spacewidth} is
-recommended for any font expected to be current when a space is
-encountered in @code{roff} input.@footnote{Thus, ``symbol'' or
-``dingbats'' fonts might safely omit it.}  The following directives are
+The directives above are mandatory in the first section; those below are
 optional.
 
 @table @code
diff --git a/man/groff_font.5.man b/man/groff_font.5.man
index f15fa1a..6e58a6a 100644
--- a/man/groff_font.5.man
+++ b/man/groff_font.5.man
@@ -575,20 +575,8 @@ units at a type size of
 .
 .
 .P
-The
-.B name
-directive is mandatory,
-and
-.B spacewidth
-is recommended for any font expected to be current when a space is
-encountered in
-.I roff
-input.
-.
-(Thus,
-\[lq]symbol\[rq] or \[lq]dingbats\[rq] fonts might safely omit it.)
-.
-The following directives are optional.
+The directives above are mandatory in the first section;
+those below are optional.
 .
 .
 .TP



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