[vim/vim] runtime(doc): Update advice for [gnt]roff users (PR #19193)

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Jan 16, 2026, 3:11:31 PMJan 16

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Offer more specific guidance regarding input line breaks and sentence endings.
Advise what to do when a line ends with sentence-ending punctuation but doesn't end a sentence.
Advise against use of blanks lines and leading spaces for formatting when a macro package is in use.
Advise how to achieve visual separation in the document without affecting formatting.
Point out how the newline/end-of-sentence rules aid diffing.
Distinguish the separate processes of inter-sentence space supplementation and filling.
Use conventional (but accessible) terms from typography instead of more casual, approximate ones.
Clarify what sort of extension the ms package's XP macro is.

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Jan 18, 2026, 4:13:58 PMJan 18

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Jan 18, 2026, 4:16:38 PMJan 18

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Closed #19193 via 638bbc5.

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