[groff] 18/35: [man pages]: Drop "number" from "number register".

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 3b3fe7cae713a35327aff2984b59254d07e51272
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Oct 23 13:49:33 2021 +1100

    [man pages]: Drop "number" from "number register".
    
    Also, the example diagnostic in groff_man_style(7) had gotten stale with
    respect to troff output in this respect.
---
 contrib/gperl/gperl.1.man     | 12 ++++++------
 man/groff.7.man               | 12 ++++++------
 man/groff_out.5.man           |  2 +-
 src/devices/grops/grops.1.man |  2 +-
 src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man     |  4 ++--
 src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man     |  2 +-
 src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man     |  2 +-
 tmac/groff_man.7.man.in       |  4 ++--
 8 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/gperl/gperl.1.man b/contrib/gperl/gperl.1.man
index ad90420..a540f39 100644
--- a/contrib/gperl/gperl.1.man
+++ b/contrib/gperl/gperl.1.man
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ by creating a groff command
 .B .ds
 .
 .TP
-.I groff number register
+.I groff register
 by creating a groff command
 .B .rn
 .
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ changes the mode into
 and
 .B .nr
 changes the mode into
-.I groff number register
+.I groff register
 for all following output parts.
 .
 .
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ That suits to
 .MR groff @MAN7EXT@ ,
 because every output can be saved as
 .I groff
-string, but the number registers can be very restrictive.
+string, but the registers can be very restrictive.
 .
 .
 .P
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ storage line
 .RE
 .
 In
-.I number register mode
+.I register mode
 the following groff command is generated
 .RS
 .EX
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ and
 .
 .TP
 .BI ".Perl .nr" " var_name1 varname2"
-stores both variables as number register variables.
+stores both variables as register variables.
 .
 .I gperl
 generates
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ generates
 .TP
 .BI ".Perl .nr " var_name1 " .ds " var_name2
 stores the 1st argument as
-.I number register
+.I register
 and the second as
 .I string
 by
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index f36f034..7255d51 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ The default is \[lq]0\[rq].
 Create alias
 (additional name)
 .I new
-for existing number register named
+for existing register named
 .IR old .
 .
 .TPx
@@ -2280,7 +2280,7 @@ Set leader repetition glyph
 Compute the number of characters of
 .I anything
 and store the count
-in the number register
+in the register
 .IR reg .
 .
 .
@@ -2576,7 +2576,7 @@ Next page number
 .
 .TPx
 .REQ .pnr
-Print the names and contents of all currently defined number registers
+Print the names and contents of all currently defined registers
 on stderr.
 .
 .TPx
@@ -2689,7 +2689,7 @@ to
 .
 .TPx
 .REQ .rr "ident"
-Remove name of number register
+Remove register
 .IR ident .
 .
 .TPx
@@ -3250,7 +3250,7 @@ commenting the source document;
 changing the font style;
 setting the point size;
 interpolating special characters,
-number registers,
+registers,
 and strings into the text;
 and placing or suppressing break and hyphenation points.
 .
@@ -4672,7 +4672,7 @@ The current post-vertical line spacing.
 .
 .TPx
 .REG .R
-The number of unused number registers.
+The number of unused registers.
 Always 10000 in GNU troff.
 .
 .TPx
diff --git a/man/groff_out.5.man b/man/groff_out.5.man
index 14a4485..ade8c49 100644
--- a/man/groff_out.5.man
+++ b/man/groff_out.5.man
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ groff_out \- GNU roff intermediate output format
 .
 .ig
 Unfortunately, old versions of groff used an illogical position change
-after some D\~commands (Dp, DP, Dt).  If the number register
+after some D\~commands (Dp, DP, Dt).  If the register
 @STUPID_DRAWING_POSITIONING is 1 (actual default) then change position
 after these commands, otherwise the position is not changed.
 ..
diff --git a/src/devices/grops/grops.1.man b/src/devices/grops/grops.1.man
index 8b9982b..b3added 100644
--- a/src/devices/grops/grops.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/grops/grops.1.man
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ For example,
 is another way to draw a horizontal line one inch long.
 .
 Note the single backslash before \[oq]nx\[cq] \[en] the only reason to
-use a number register while defining the macro \[oq]y\[cq] is to
+use a register while defining the macro \[oq]y\[cq] is to
 convert a user-specified dimension \[oq]1i\[cq] to internal groff
 units which are in turn converted to PS units with the
 .B u
diff --git a/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man b/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man
index dfd9d79..9778bab 100644
--- a/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ the string
 .B 0s
 contains the output
 .RI for\~ e ,
-and the number registers
+and the registers
 .BR 0w ,
 .BR 0h ,
 .BR 0d ,
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ so that it outputs the desired result with its origin at 
the current
 point,
 and increase the current horizontal position by the width of the object.
 .
-The number registers must also be modified so that they correspond to
+The registers must also be modified so that they correspond to
 the result.
 .
 .
diff --git a/src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man b/src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man
index 7c37eca..c1aa3be 100644
--- a/src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ macros will ensure proper placement.
 .I \%@g@grn
 uses
 .IR \%@g@troff 's
-number registers
+registers
 .B g1
 through
 .B g9
diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
index d1e23af..fb577f0 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ its width is subsequently available in the register
 .SS Miscellaneous
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
-The number register
+The register
 .B \[rs]n[TW]
 holds the table width; it can't be used within the table itself
 but is defined right before calling
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index af09237..2ea676a 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -3683,10 +3683,10 @@ values.
 .TQ
 \(bu warning: scaling indicator invalid in context
 .TQ
-\(bu warning: number register \(aqan\-saved\-margin\c
+\(bu warning: register \(aqan\-saved\-margin\c
 .IR n "\(aq not defined"
 .TQ
-\(bu warning: number register \(aqan\-saved\-prevailing\-indent\c
+\(bu warning: register \(aqan\-saved\-prevailing\-indent\c
 .IR n "\(aq not defined"
 .
 The