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[groff] 29/36: contrib/mm/m.tmac (IX): Delete. |
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Tue, 17 Jan 2023 20:45:14 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 5913a7350901ad912b6021fe0885e3096523279c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jan 16 17:15:54 2023 -0600
contrib/mm/m.tmac (IX): Delete.
It was undocumented, groff mm has its own indexing system (INITI, et
al.), and makeindex(1) guides the user through definition and use of an
`IX` macro if the user desires that approach.
---
NEWS | 6 ++++++
contrib/mm/ChangeLog | 4 ++++
contrib/mm/m.tmac | 4 ----
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 846b97b67..c3269a00d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ o The e (me) and s (ms) macro packages now offer a `PF`
macro,
supporting the pic(1) preprocessor's "flyback" feature. Thanks to
Dave Kemper.
+o The m (mm) macro package no longer implements the `IX` macro. This
+ groff extension, borrowed from another undocumented one in groff ms,
+ was similarly undocumented. No applications of it are known. We
+ recommend makeindex(1), which supports troff and is available with
+ most TeX distributions, for your mm document indexing needs.
+
o The m (mm) macro package now adapts to the paper format selected when
the macro file "papersize.tmac" is used (by specifying the groff "-d
paper" command-line option). A consequence is that "groff -mm" and
diff --git a/contrib/mm/ChangeLog b/contrib/mm/ChangeLog
index 41c8b569c..f9853490c 100644
--- a/contrib/mm/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/mm/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2023-01-16 G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
+ * m.tmac (IX): Delete.
+
2023-01-16 G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
* m.tmac (MC): Throw internal error if we don't leave
diff --git a/contrib/mm/m.tmac b/contrib/mm/m.tmac
index 02423b882..d06eb606c 100644
--- a/contrib/mm/m.tmac
+++ b/contrib/mm/m.tmac
@@ -3309,10 +3309,6 @@ page
.\}
..
.\"########################### module ind ############################
-.\" Support for mgs-style indexing, borrowed from mgs.
-.de IX
-. tm \\$1\t\\$2\t\\$3\t\\$4 ... \\n[%]
-..
.\"--------------------
.\" Another type of index system
.\" INITI type filename [macro]
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