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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 11/11: doc/groff.texi: Recast vertical spacing material. |
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Tue, 23 May 2023 16:25:36 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit ea3d3950be4ce8d32ea212e2fac8101dad87a9ab
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue May 23 14:03:10 2023 -0500
doc/groff.texi: Recast vertical spacing material.
---
doc/groff.texi | 24 ++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index d76ec8483..dbea9806d 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -11811,19 +11811,19 @@ type size (such as @samp{12000}), or a range of sizes
(such as
@cindex changing vertical line spacing (@code{vs})
@cindex vertical line spacing, changing (@code{vs})
@cindex vertical line spacing register (@code{.v})
-Change (increase, decrease) the vertical spacing by @var{space}. The
-default scaling unit is @samp{p}. If @code{vs} is called without an
-argument, the vertical spacing is reset to the previous value before the
-last call to @code{vs}.
+Set the vertical spacing to, or alter it by, @var{space}. The default
+scaling unit is @samp{p}. If @code{vs} is called without an argument,
+the vertical spacing is reset to the previous value before the last call
+to @code{vs}.
@cindex @code{.V} register, and @code{vs}
-GNU @code{gtroff} emits a warning in category @samp{range} if
-@var{space} is negative; the vertical spacing is then set to the
-smallest possible positive value, the vertical motion quantum (as found
-in the @code{.V} register).
+GNU @code{troff} emits a warning in category @samp{range} if @var{space}
+is negative; the vertical spacing is then set to the smallest possible
+positive value, the vertical motion quantum (as found in the @code{.V}
+register).
@w{@samp{.vs 0}} isn't saved in a diversion since it doesn't result in
a vertical motion. You must explicitly issue this request before
-calling the diversion.
+interpolating the diversion.
The read-only register @code{.v} contains the vertical spacing; it is
associated with the environment (@pxref{Environments}).
@@ -11875,9 +11875,9 @@ the @code{ls} request.
@cindex @code{ls} request, alternative to (@code{pvs})
@cindex post-vertical line spacing, changing (@code{pvs})
@cindex post-vertical line spacing register (@code{.pvs})
-Change (increase, decrease) the post-vertical spacing by @var{space}.
-The default scaling unit is @samp{p}. If @code{pvs} is called without
-an argument, the post-vertical spacing is reset to the previous value
+Set the post-vertical spacing to, or alter it by, @var{space}. The
+default scaling unit is @samp{p}. If @code{pvs} is called without an
+argument, the post-vertical spacing is reset to the previous value
before the last call to @code{pvs}. GNU @code{troff} emits a warning in
category @samp{range} if @var{space} is negative; the post-vertical
spacing is then set to zero.
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