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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 17/32: groff_me(7): Fix content nits. |
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Wed, 30 Nov 2022 07:26:03 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 3a27d71cc524d9222f7b710cc26ad81ee7168814
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Nov 29 05:18:27 2022 -0600
groff_me(7): Fix content nits.
* Recast to avoid confusing use of word "unsafe"; in groff documentation
we use this term to refer to matters of untrusted input. That is not
what is meant here.
* Recast to cease abuse of term "namespace".
---
tmac/groff_me.7.man | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_me.7.man b/tmac/groff_me.7.man
index d0ad3d569..8b0e0d834 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_me.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_me.7.man
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ formatter as well as those descended from AT&T
.
.
.P
-Some formatter requests are unsafe in conjunction with this package;
+Some formatter requests affect page layout unpredictably when used in
+conjunction with this package;
however,
the following may be used with impunity after the first call to a
paragraphing macro like
@@ -469,12 +470,16 @@ is a wrapper enabling the package to be loaded with
.
Early
.I roff
-macro packages limited themselves to a single-letter namespace
-.RI ( mm ,
+macro packages often limited their names to a single letter,
+which followed the formatter's
+.B m
+flag letter,
+resulting in
+.IR mm ,
.IR ms ,
.IR mv ,
.IR mn ,
-and so on).
+and so on.
.
.\" 'When I started writing the -me macros it began as something in my
.\" private tree (I don't remember what I called it). Then some other
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