[groff] 04/12: doc/groff.texi: Fix style nits.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 94375693faab00a0c68430f21111c1800fc758fe
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon May 24 13:22:28 2021 +1000

    doc/groff.texi: Fix style nits.
    
    Recast language away from forms of the word "stretch" as applied to
    spaces.  Our manual carefully defines "adjustment", so use forms of that
    instead.  And in the future, adjustable spaces may be "squeezable".
    
    Also replace a different use of "stretch" with more idiomatic English.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 992f14b..c6c2ac9 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -7979,7 +7979,7 @@ The default unit of the @code{ta} request is @samp{m}.
 
 @item
 A tab stop is converted into a non-breakable horizontal movement that
-can be neither stretched nor squeezed.  For example,
+cannot be adjusted.  For example,
 
 @Example
 .ds foo a\tb\tc
@@ -8215,9 +8215,9 @@ is defined as the data between a pair of @dfn{delimiting 
characters}.
 It contains substrings that are separated by @dfn{padding characters}.
 The width of a field is the distance on the @emph{input} line from the
 position where the field starts to the next tab stop.  A padding
-character inserts stretchable space similar to @TeX{}'s @code{\hss}
+character inserts an adjustable space similar to @TeX{}'s @code{\hss}
 command (thus it can even be negative) to make the sum of all substring
-lengths plus the stretchable space equal to the field width.  If more
+lengths plus the adjustable space equal to the field width.  If more
 than one padding character is inserted, the available space is evenly
 distributed among them.
 
@@ -11285,8 +11285,8 @@ Usually, it is not predictable whether a diversion 
contains one or more
 output lines, so this mechanism should be avoided.  With @acronym{AT&T}
 @code{troff}, this was the only solution to strip off a final newline
 from a diversion.  Another disadvantage is that the spaces in the copied
-string are already formatted, making them unstretchable.  This can cause
-ugly results.
+string are already formatted, preventing their adjustment.  This can
+cause ugly results.
 
 @cindex stripping final newline in diversions
 @cindex diversion, stripping final newline
@@ -11297,7 +11297,7 @@ ugly results.
 @cindex unformatting horizontal space
 A clean solution to this problem is available in GNU @code{troff}, using
 the requests @code{chop} to remove the final newline of a diversion, and
-@code{unformat} to make the horizontal spaces stretchable again.
+@code{unformat} to make the horizontal spaces adjustable again.
 
 @Example
 .box xxx
@@ -12485,8 +12485,7 @@ of the following escapes instead, often @code{\~}.
 @endDefesc
 
 @Defesc {\\~, , , }
-An unbreakable space that stretches like a normal inter-word space when
-a line is adjusted.
+An unbreakable space that is adjustable like a normal inter-word space.
 @endDefesc
 
 @Defesc {\\|, , , }
@@ -13865,7 +13864,7 @@ remain nodes, so the result cannot be guaranteed to be 
a pure string.
 Like @code{asciify}, unformat the diversion @var{div}.  However,
 @code{unformat} handles only tabs and spaces between words, the latter
 usually arising from spaces or newlines in the input.  Tabs are treated
-as input tokens, and spaces become stretchable again.
+as input tokens, and spaces become adjustable again.
 
 The vertical sizes of lines are not preserved, but glyph information
 (font, font size, space width, etc.)@: is retained.  @code{unformat} can
@@ -14910,7 +14909,7 @@ Elements 1, 7, and@tie{}8 are inserted by 
@code{gtroff}; the latter two
 possibly modified by @code{\x}.  The @code{br} request finishes the
 current partial line, inserting a newline input token, which is
 subsequently converted to a space when the diversion is reread.  Note
-that the word space node has a fixed width that isn't stretchable
+that the word space node has a fixed width that isn't adjustable
 anymore.  To convert horizontal space nodes back to input tokens, use
 the @code{unformat} request.
 
@@ -15410,8 +15409,8 @@ implementations.
 @cindex adjustment to both margins, difference from @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}
 @cindex rivers
 When adjusting to both margins, @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff} at first
-stretches spaces starting from the right; GNU @code{troff} begins from
-the left.  Both implementations stretch spaces from opposite ends on
+adjusts spaces starting from the right; GNU @code{troff} begins from
+the left.  Both implementations adjusts spaces from opposite ends on
 alternating output lines in this adjustment mode to prevent ``rivers''
 in the text.
 
@@ -16745,7 +16744,7 @@ more complicated structure; some recognize long command 
names, and some
 take a variable number of arguments.  So all @samp{D} and @samp{x}
 commands were designed to request a syntactical line break after their
 last argument.  Only one command, @w{@samp{x X}}, has an argument that
-can stretch over several lines; all other commands must have all of
+can span several input lines; all other commands must have all of
 their arguments on the same line as the command, i.e., the arguments may
 not be split by a line break.