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[groff] 05/11: groff_man*(7): Fix content and style nits.
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 05/11: groff_man*(7): Fix content and style nits. |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Apr 2022 18:42:52 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit a16726d6eb7754831114923f6766baf0db173130
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 13 05:39:35 2022 +1000
groff_man*(7): Fix content and style nits.
Content:
* Refer to RS/RE macros as being "inset", not "indented".
Style:
* Fix colon-dangling sentence fragment.
* Tighten wording.
---
tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index ab296528..70a94669 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -2794,9 +2794,8 @@ This macro exists only to render man pages from
historical systems.
.
.
.IP
-The first argument
.I system
-can be:
+can be any of the following.
.
.
.RS \" Invisibly move left margin to current .IP indentation.
@@ -2998,8 +2997,8 @@ can be any of the following.
.
Unix Version\~7 (1979) introduced the
.I man
-macro package and supported all of the macros described in this page not
-listed as extensions,
+macro package and supported the macros listed in this page not described
+as extensions,
except
.BR .P ,
.BR .SB ,
@@ -3452,7 +3451,7 @@ They are written to be compatible with AT&T
and permissively licensed\(emnot copylefted.
.
To reduce the risk of name space collisions,
-its internal string and register names begin only with
+string and register names begin only with
.RB \[lq] m \[rq] .
.
Man page authors concerned about portability to legacy Unix systems are
@@ -3660,7 +3659,7 @@ If your page renders adequately without one,
use the simpler form.
.
If you need to indent multiple (unmarked) paragraphs,
-consider setting an indented region with
+consider setting an inset region with
.B .RS
and
.B .RE
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