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[groff] 04/11: groff_man*(7): Fix style nit.
From: |
G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 04/11: groff_man*(7): Fix style nit. |
Date: |
Sat, 31 Jul 2021 10:36:28 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 344e366f74e805577fea567ca1033ae3670cb515
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 31 08:50:27 2021 +1000
groff_man*(7): Fix style nit.
Say "escape _sequence_" more consistently.
---
tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 25 +++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 073e691..6cd61e5 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ to set a paragraph with a short
that is not semantically important,
such as a bullet (\(bu)\(emobtained with the
.B \e(bu
-special character escape\(emor list enumerator,
+special character escape sequence\(emor list enumerator,
as seen in this very paragraph.
.RE \" Move left margin back to .IP indentation.
.RE \" Move left margin back to standard position.
@@ -2188,16 +2188,16 @@ a series of lines ending in backslash-newline appears to
.I groff
as a single input line.
.
-Use this escape to break excessively long input lines for document
-maintenance.
+Use this escape sequence to break excessively long input lines for
+document maintenance.
.
.
.TP
.B \e%
Control hyphenation.
.
-The location of this escape within a word marks a hyphenation point,
-supplementing
+The location of this escape sequence within a word marks a hyphenation
+point, supplementing
.IR groff 's
automatic hyphenation patterns.
.
@@ -2212,8 +2212,8 @@ are still honored.
.B \e\(ti
Adjustable non-breaking space.
.
-Use this escape to prevent a break inside a short phrase or between a
-numerical quantity and its corresponding unit(s).
+Use this escape sequence to prevent a break inside a short phrase or
+between a numerical quantity and its corresponding unit(s).
.
.
.RS
@@ -2257,7 +2257,8 @@ and PDF.
.B \e\-
Minus sign or basic Latin hyphen-minus.
.
-This escape produces the Unix command-line option dash in the output.
+This escape sequence produces the Unix command-line option dash in the
+output.
.
.RB \(lq \- \(rq
is a hyphen to
@@ -2414,8 +2415,8 @@ The next line is interpreted as usual and can `include' a
macro call
.BI \e newline\/\c
).
.
-This escape is useful when three different font styles are needed in a
-single word or on a single line in
+This escape sequence is useful when three different font styles are
+needed in a single word or on a single line in
.BR .EX / .EE
examples.
.
@@ -2452,7 +2453,7 @@ When using this trick with the
or
.B .RI
macros,
-you will need to manually add an italic correction escape
+you will need to manually add an italic correction escape sequence
.\" Normally we don't quote escapes, but these use potentially-confusing
.\" prose punctuation.
.RB \(lq \e/ \(rq,
@@ -2561,7 +2562,7 @@ if desired and if supported by your implementation.
reliably returns to the style in use immediately preceding the
previous
.B \ef
-escape only if no
+escape sequence only if no
sectioning,
paragraph,
or style macro calls have intervened.
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