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Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to
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Deri James |
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Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to |
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Sat, 22 Jan 2011 11:43:58 +0000 |
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On Saturday 22 Jan 2011 11:25:58 Ted Harding wrote:
> On 22-Jan-11 11:03:47, Deri James wrote:
> > On Saturday 22 Jan 2011 09:54:45 Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> >> >> "The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to
> >> >>
> >> >> ¡.end¢."
> >> >>
> >> >> For me this sentence is difficult to understand, although the
> >> >> meaning is obvious.
> >> >
> >> > It was the same thing for me, I couldn't exactly understand this
> >> > until I saw examples in om.tmac.
> >>
> >> Any improvement in the wording is highly welcomed.
> >>
> >> Werner
> >
> > Well, I'm welsh! How about:-
> >
> > "If the optional second argument to de is present it is used
> > as the macro closure command instead of `..'"
> >
> > Cheers
> > Deri
>
> Iechyd da! That looks good. I'd perhaps suggest "request" rather
> than "command" (in line with basic groff terminology):
>
> "If the optional second argument to de is present it is used
> as the macro closure request instead of `..'"
>
> Ted (Saesneg).
Bore da Ted,
Yes, much better.
Deri (not a true welsh speaker - just ok for swearing!)