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[groff] 04/12: doc/groff.texi (ms): Fix style glitches.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 04/12: doc/groff.texi (ms): Fix style glitches. |
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Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:42:34 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 46dba9b422de9f646dacf222fd1501a9cd0b15f6
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 10 20:10:02 2021 +1100
doc/groff.texi (ms): Fix style glitches.
* ms is _also_ suitable for terminal-viewable documents, as man is.
Stop implying that it's only good for long, typeset documents.
* Remove duplicate word.
* Replace spurious groff syntax with Texinfo @tie command.
---
doc/groff.texi | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 19b6d65..4037bb5 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -2507,7 +2507,7 @@ the @file{man} macro language dates back only to Seventh
Edition Unix
(1979). @file{ms} was documented by Mike Lesk in an article for the
@slanted{Communications of the ACM} in 1974.} While the @file{man}
package was intended for brief documents to be perused at a terminal,
-the @file{ms} macros are suitable for longer documents intended for
+the @file{ms} macros are also suitable for longer documents intended for
printing and possible publication.
The @file{ms} macro package included with @code{groff} is a complete
@@ -2588,7 +2588,7 @@ the table of contents between the cover page and the body
text after
printing.@footnote{This limitation could also be overcome by using
PostScript or PDF file manipulation utilities to resequence pages in the
document, facilitated by specially-formatted comments (``device tags'')
-placed in the output by by @file{ms}.}
+placed in the output by @file{ms}.}
@end table
@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3238,7 +3238,7 @@ will cause ``1. Carnivora'' to be printed in 13-point
text, followed by
``1.1. Felinae'' in 11.5-point text, while ``1.1.1. Felis catus'' and
all more deeply nested heading levels will remain in the 10-point text
specified by the @code{PS} register. ``Machairodontinae'' is printed at
-11.5 points, since it corresponds to heading level\~2.
+11.5 points, since it corresponds to heading level@tie{}2.
The @code{HORPHANS} register operates in conjunction with the @code{NH}
and @code{SH} macros to inhibit the printing of orphaned headings at the
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