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[groff] 04/09: groff(7): Tighten wording.
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 04/09: groff(7): Tighten wording. |
Date: |
Mon, 22 May 2023 02:43:25 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 075e114a9e6af2ff2a391a6b0a2786213695a31a
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun May 21 18:51:49 2023 -0500
groff(7): Tighten wording.
---
doc/groff.texi | 11 +++--------
man/groff.7.man | 15 ++++-----------
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 9b225783d..0133c887b 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -8320,7 +8320,7 @@ user-specified and automatically determined hyphenation
points. The
machine-driven determination of hyphenation points in words requires
algorithms and data, and is susceptible to conventions and preferences.
Before tackling such @dfn{automatic hyphenation}, let us consider how
-hyphenation points can be set manually.
+hyphenation points can be set explicitly.
@cindex hyphenation, explicit
@cindex explicit hyphenation
@@ -8516,13 +8516,8 @@ restrictions relative to that basis.
@item 2
disables hyphenation of the last word on a page,@footnote{Hyphenation is
prevented if the next page location trap is closer to the vertical
-drawing position than the next text baseline would be. GNU @code{troff}
-automatically inserts an implicit vertical position trap at the end of
-each page to cause a page transition. Users or macro packages can set
-such traps explicitly to prevent hyphenation of the last word in a
-column in multi-column page layouts or before floating figures or
-tables. @xref{Page Location Traps}.} even for manually hyphenated
-words.
+drawing position than the next text baseline would be. @xref{Page
+Location Traps}.} even for explicitly hyphenated words.
@item 4
disables hyphenation before the last two characters of a word.
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index c45f929e7..139516c65 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -6340,14 +6340,6 @@ disables hyphenation of the last word on a page.
(Hyphenation is prevented if the next page location trap is closer to
the vertical drawing position than the next text baseline would be.
.
-.I groff
-automatically inserts an implicit page location trap at the end of each
-page to cause a page transition.
-.
-Users or macro packages can set such traps explicitly to prevent
-hyphenation of the last word in a column in multi-column page layouts or
-before floating figures or tables.
-.
See section \[lq]Traps\[rq] below.)
.
.
@@ -6477,9 +6469,8 @@ line containing this ending token,
but a tab immediately after the token prevents its recognition as the
end of a macro definition.
.
-Macro definitions can be nested;
-this requires use of unique end macros for each nested definition or
-escaping of the line with the ending token.
+Macro definitions can be nested if they use distinct end macros or if
+their ending tokens are sufficiently escaped.
.
An end macro need not be defined until it is called.
.
@@ -6751,6 +6742,8 @@ if its condition is fulfilled.
.\" END Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Traps".
.
.
+.br
+.ne 5v
.P
Registers associated with trap management include
vertical position trap enablement status
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