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[groff] 12/18: doc/groff.texi (Copy Mode): Recast for clarity.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 12/18: doc/groff.texi (Copy Mode): Recast for clarity. |
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Thu, 3 Jun 2021 11:03:24 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit a892d059433aad4eb5f90d41406f0f917dbedf7f
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Jun 3 23:34:18 2021 +1000
doc/groff.texi (Copy Mode): Recast for clarity.
---
doc/groff.texi | 15 ++++++++-------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index da8e681..f784cce 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -12226,11 +12226,11 @@ storing all other escape sequences in an encoded
form. @xref{Character
Translations} for more on the use of @code{\e} and @code{\E}, and the
distinction between them.
-Since the escape character escapes itself, you can control whether
-any escape sequence is interpreted at macro definition time or when it
-is later interpolated by selectively insulating the escapes with another
-instace of the escape character.@footnote{Compare this to the
-@code{\def} and @code{\edef} commands in @TeX{}.}
+Since the escape character escapes itself, you can control whether any
+escape sequence is interpreted at macro definition time or when it is
+later interpolated by preceding it with an additional instance of the
+escape character.@footnote{Compare this to the @code{\def} and
+@code{\edef} commands in @TeX{}.}
@Example
.nr x 20
@@ -12247,8 +12247,9 @@ instace of the escape character.@footnote{Compare this
to the
@cindex mode, interpretation
The complement of copy mode---a @code{roff} formatter's behavior when
not defining or appending to a macro, string, or diversion---where all
-escapes and macros are interpolated and requests invoked immediately
-upon recognition, can be termed @dfn{interpretation mode}.
+macros are interpolated, requests invoked, and valid escape sequences
+processed immediately upon recognition, can be termed
+@dfn{interpretation mode}.
@codequotebacktick off
@codequoteundirected off
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