Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to

[Deri James]

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!)