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[groff] 09/16: doc/groff.texi: Fix citation of Allman's me intro.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 09/16: doc/groff.texi: Fix citation of Allman's me intro.
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2023 13:31:27 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 530134907862485b1def5d8c11338592d9e5aa91
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Sep 3 18:30:52 2023 -0500

    doc/groff.texi: Fix citation of Allman's me intro.
    
    * Put it in quotation marks since it's an article, not a book.
    * Shout the word "nroff" since Allman did.
    * Complain about Texinfo.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index a9f597616..20017d13a 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -1736,9 +1736,12 @@ formatter, peruse @ref{GNU troff Reference} instead.
 @cindex basics of macro package usage
 @cindex macro package usage, basics of
 
+@c Texinfo's @cite command conceives only of citations of long-form
+@c works, like books, and forces italics.  Article citations are
+@c typically placed in quotation marks instead.
 Let us first survey some basic concepts necessary to use a macro package
 fruitfully.@footnote{The remainder of this chapter is based on
-@cite{Writing Papers with nroff using -me} by Eric@tie{}P.@: Allman,
+``Writing Papers with NROFF using -me'' by Eric@tie{}P.@: Allman,
 which is distributed with @code{groff} as @file{meintro.me}.}
 References are made throughout to more detailed information.
 



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