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Re: [Groff] groff manpage typo


From: Keith MARSHALL
Subject: Re: [Groff] groff manpage typo
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 17:19:10 +0100

Clarke Echols wrote:
>>> maybe it could read, for instance:
>>>
>>> "Do not postprocess the output of troff (as is normally done 
>>> automatically).  This will print ..."
>> 
>> I favour this change of wording; it corrects the grammatical sense,
>> while preserving the originally intended meaning...<snip>
>
> How about:
>
> "Do not automatically postprocess troff output in the usual manner.
> This will print..."

Yes, I like that!  Perhaps also with the following sentence amended,
so the whole paragraph becomes:

"Do not automatically postprocess troff output in the usual manner.
This will cause the intermediate output to appear on stdout; see
groff_out(5)."

Regards,
Keith.




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