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[groff] 06/08: groff_char(7): Lean less on "note that" crutch.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 06/08: groff_char(7): Lean less on "note that" crutch.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2020 11:19:26 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 5fb8bb1be57255c9a5dded653c37a134b7de5b94
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Oct 9 01:59:47 2020 +1100

    groff_char(7): Lean less on "note that" crutch.
    
    Thanks to Dave Kemper for his Strunky White counsel.
    
    Fixes item #5 in Savannah #57618.
---
 man/groff_char.7.man | 18 +++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index b544735..b3dea70 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ which is one reason it does not support UTF-8 natively.
 .SS "Fundamental character set"
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
-The ninety-four characters noted above,
+The ninety-four characters catalogued above,
 plus the space and the newline,
 form the fundamental character
 set for
@@ -327,9 +327,6 @@ and
 are portable to all known
 .IR troff s.
 .
-Note,
-however,
-that
 .B \[rs]e
 means \[lq]the glyph of the current escape character\[rq];
 it therefore can produce unexpected output if the
@@ -424,7 +421,7 @@ AT&T
 .I troff
 defined no special characters for quotation marks or the apostrophe.
 .
-Note that repeated single quotes
+Repeated single quotes
 (\[oq]\[oq]thus\[cq]\[cq])
 will be visually distinguishable from double quotes
 (\[lq]thus\[rq])
@@ -626,7 +623,7 @@ as
 .
 .
 .IP
-Note that an ordinary input character
+An ordinary input character
 .RI \[lq] c \[rq]
 is not the same as
 .BI \[rs][ c ]\c
@@ -864,7 +861,7 @@ similar purpose.
 .
 .
 .P
-Note the overloading of the vertical bar;
+The vertical bar is overloaded;
 the
 .B \[rs][ba]
 and
@@ -1424,9 +1421,8 @@ _
 .SS "Logical symbols"
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
-Note the two variants of the not sign;
-whether they differ in appearance or spacing will depend on the device
-and font selected.
+Whether the two variants of the not sign differ in appearance or spacing
+will depend on the device and font selected.
 .
 .TS
 l l l lx.
@@ -1452,7 +1448,7 @@ _
 .B \[rs][Fn]
 also appears in subsection \[lq]Supplementary Latin letters\[rq] above.
 .
-Note the two varieties of the
+Observe the two varieties of the
 plus-minus,
 multiplication,
 and division signs;



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