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[groff] 04/11: groff_char(7): Clarify and tighten wording.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 04/11: groff_char(7): Clarify and tighten wording. |
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Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:15:28 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit edc358c43faa6e1d5994971c46585e39be1f1615
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 31 13:17:12 2024 -0600
groff_char(7): Clarify and tighten wording.
---
man/groff_char.7.man | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index 892fde329..8f89cea50 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -1025,7 +1025,8 @@ L Lf(CR) L Lx.
.
Historically,
.B \[rs][ss]
-could be considered a ligature of \[lq]sz\[rq].
+developed from a ligature of \[lq]sz\[rq].
+.\" ...though the s was a "long s" and the z was a "Blackletter z".
.
An uppercase form is available as
.BR \[rs][u1E9E] ,
@@ -1238,7 +1239,7 @@ L Lf(CR) L Lx.
.\" ====================================================================
.
The neutral double quote,
-often useful when documenting programming languages,
+useful in documenting programming languages,
is also available as a special character for convenient embedding in
macro arguments;
see subsection \[lq]Fundamental character set\[rq] above.
@@ -1503,9 +1504,9 @@ The Unicode-derived names of these three glyphs are
approximations.
.
.
.P
-The input character
+The ordinary character
.B _
-always accesses the underscore glyph in a font;
+accesses the underscore glyph in a font;
.\" unless one isn't available, but this seems to be only a theoretical
.\" concern--what font doesn't support every ASCII codepoint these days?
.BR \[rs][ul] ,
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