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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 03/03: man/groff.7.man: Use idiomatic English. |
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Mon, 6 Apr 2020 03:48:58 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 56b5fab987797916be423094ce075e05636e66df
Author: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
AuthorDate: Mon Apr 6 17:46:04 2020 +1000
man/groff.7.man: Use idiomatic English.
Fix several occurences of "writing" when "form", "style", or "mode" is
meant.
De-editorialize reference to the unmatched-parenthesis escape style (I,
too, find it clunky, but this isn't the place).
---
man/groff.7.man | 17 ++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index b723481..6de8480 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -3480,9 +3480,9 @@ and
.
In
.IR groff ,
-it is also possible to use the writing
-.BI \e[ xy ]
-as well.
+it is also possible to use the form
+.BI \e[ xy ]\c
+\&.
.
.
.P
@@ -4548,7 +4548,8 @@ makes trouble, change the macro name
into some 2-letter word, like
.BR Ul .
.
-Moreover change the font writing from
+Moreover,
+change the form of the font escape from
.B \[rs]f[P]
to
.BR \[rs]fP .
@@ -4574,13 +4575,14 @@ gets lost, use the following:
.EE
.RE
.
-Due to
+When using
.BR doclifter ,
-it might be necessary to change the variable writing
+it might be necessary to change syntax forms such as
.B \e[xy]
and
.B \e*[xy]
-into the strange ancient writing
+to those supported by AT&T
+.IR troff :
.B \e*(xy
and
.BR \e(xy ,
@@ -4704,6 +4706,7 @@ on how to invoke this.
.\" ====================================================================
.SH Authors
.\" ====================================================================
+.
This document was written by
.MT groff\-bernd.warken\-72@\:web.de
Bernd Warken
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