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[groff] 03/04: groff(1): Fix style nits.
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 03/04: groff(1): Fix style nits. |
Date: |
Mon, 31 May 2021 08:15:59 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 6359fc0d69fbcb137c2a0efcd987c673f0ff90ff
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon May 31 21:43:46 2021 +1000
groff(1): Fix style nits.
* src/roff/groff/groff.1.man (Usage/
{Paper size,Front-ends,Preprocessors):
- Set program names and man page titles in italics, not bold.
- Break input lines at commas.
- Purge the use of the word "classical".
- Recast into more idiomatic English.
---
src/roff/groff/groff.1.man | 30 ++++++++++++++++--------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
index 0e6efc6..bb533a9 100644
--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ such as
.IR grops (@MAN1EXT@),
may also be helpful.
.
-.B groff
+.I groff
uses the command-line option
.B \-P
to pass options to output devices;
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ groff \-Tps \-dpaper=a4l \-P\-pa4 \-P\-l \-ms foo.ms >
foo.ps
.\" ====================================================================
.
The
-.B groff
+.I groff
program is a wrapper around the
.IR \%@g@troff (@MAN1EXT@)
program.
@@ -872,17 +872,18 @@ It allows one to specify the preprocessors by
command-line options and
automatically runs the postprocessor that is appropriate for the
selected device.
.
-Doing so, the sometimes tedious piping mechanism of classical
-.BR roff (@MAN7EXT@)
-can be avoided.
+Doing so,
+the sometimes tedious piping mechanism of traditional
+.IR roff (@MAN7EXT@)
+systems can be avoided.
.
.
.P
The
-.BR grog (@MAN1EXT@)
-program can be used for guessing the correct
+.IR grog (@MAN1EXT@)
+program can be used to infer an appropriate
.I groff
-command line to format a file.
+command line to format a document.
.
.
.\" ====================================================================
@@ -905,7 +906,7 @@ for mathematical formulae,
.TP
.IR \%@g@grn (@MAN1EXT@)
for including
-.BR gremlin (1)
+.IR gremlin (1)
pictures,
.
.TP
@@ -917,11 +918,11 @@ for drawing diagrams,
for chemical structure diagrams,
.
.TP
-.BR \%@g@refer (@MAN1EXT@)
+.IR \%@g@refer (@MAN1EXT@)
for bibliographic references,
.
.TP
-.BR \%@g@soelim (@MAN1EXT@)
+.IR \%@g@soelim (@MAN1EXT@)
for including macro files from standard locations,
.
.P
@@ -935,15 +936,16 @@ for tables.
A new preprocessor not available in classical
.I troff
is
-.BR \%preconv (@MAN1EXT@)
+.IR \%preconv (@MAN1EXT@)
which converts various input encodings to something
-.B groff
+.I groff
can understand.
.
It is always run first before any other preprocessor.
.
.P
-Besides these, there are some internal preprocessors that are
+Besides these,
+there are some internal preprocessors that are
automatically run with some devices.
.
These aren't visible to the user.
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