[groff] 13/17: tbl(1): Recast and tighten wording.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit fa78dd3b429490ff351a86eeb68b235412df6fae
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Jul 22 22:03:24 2022 -0500

    tbl(1): Recast and tighten wording.
    
    ...and make it less awkward.  Thanks to Alejandro Colomar for the report
    in <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-07/msg00121.html> and
    Dave Kemper for the suggestion in
    <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2022-07/msg00135.html>.
---
 src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 15 +++++++--------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
index e1bf5934..0455ea77 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
@@ -189,17 +189,16 @@ token may specify region options,
 keywords that influence the interpretation or rendering of the region as
 a whole or all table entries within it indiscriminately.
 .
-They can be specified in any lettercase and must be separated by commas,
+They can be specified in any lettercase
+(unlike AT&T
+.IR tbl , \" AT&T
+which accepted only options with all characters in the same case)
+and must be separated by commas,
 spaces,
 or tabs.
 .
-(AT&T
-.I tbl \" AT&T
-accepted only options with all characters in the same lettercase.)
-.
-Some of these options require a parenthesized argument;
-those that do permit spaces and tabs between the option's name and the
-opening parenthesis.
+Those that require a parenthesized argument permit spaces and tabs
+between the option's name and the opening parenthesis.
 .
 Options accumulate and cannot be unset within a region once declared;
 if an option that takes a parameter is repeated,