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[groff] 04/09: groff(7): Tighten wording.


From: 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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