Re: [Groff] Re: Problem with devtag macros?

[Anton Shepelev]

Werner Lemberg:

> This patch I actually dislike since it essentially
> means that after DEVTAG there  is  always  a  line
> break, which is too strong an assumption

There's no such assumption.

  -- If a call to DEVTAG is followed by a break then
     its side effect is eliminated.

  -- If a call to DEVTAG is not followed by a  break
     then there's no side effect.

All  the  difference  between the two patches is the
area of application. The first one only deals with a
couple  of  calls  from  m.tmac while the second one
ensures that every call  to  DEVTAG  or  DEVTAG-NEXT
does  not produce said side effect. They work essen-
tially the same way, using the fix you provided.

I have tested both patches  against  the  same  test
file  in which both cases (with and without .br) are
mentioned, and they gave identical resutls.

Anton