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[groff] 02/06: [docs]: Further clarify end-of-sentence detection.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 02/06: [docs]: Further clarify end-of-sentence detection. |
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Tue, 25 Apr 2023 01:15:05 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 3778beb2e00f28262c02de2bea7db5915c734c2b
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Apr 23 20:15:12 2023 -0500
[docs]: Further clarify end-of-sentence detection.
(One hopes.)
* doc/groff.texi (Sentences):
* man/roff.7 (Concepts): Do it.
Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64091>. Thanks to Ingo Schwarze
and Dave Kemper for the report.
Also fix whitespace nit. Thanks to Dave Kemper, he of the unflinching
osprey gaze.
---
ChangeLog | 10 ++++++++++
doc/groff.texi | 8 ++++----
man/roff.7.man | 5 +++--
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a53ac4174..99ba97e00 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2023-04-22 G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
+ [docs]: Attempt to further clarify end-of-sentence detection.
+
+ * doc/groff.texi (Sentences):
+ * man/roff.7 (Concepts): Do it.
+
+ Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64091>. Thanks to Ingo
+ Schwarze and Dave Kemper for the report.
+
2023-04-14 G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
[docs]: Minimally document `tag`, `taga` requests.
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 948818ab7..b0ef7a91e 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5010,9 +5010,9 @@ Welcome to groff.
GNU @code{troff} does this by flagging certain characters (normally
@samp{!}, @samp{?}, and @samp{.}) as potentially ending a sentence.
When GNU @code{troff} encounters one of these @dfn{end-of-sentence
-characters} at the end of a line, or one of them is followed by two
-spaces on the same input line, it appends an inter-word space followed
-by an inter-sentence space in the formatted output.
+characters} at the end of an input line, or one of them is followed by
+two (unescaped) spaces on the same input line, it appends an inter-word
+space followed by an inter-sentence space in the formatted output.
@Example
R. Harper subscribes to a maxim of P. T. Barnum.
@@ -6388,7 +6388,7 @@ invalid input characters are @code{0x00}, @code{0x08},
@code{0x0B},
@code{0x09}, @code{0x0B}, @code{0x0D}--@code{0x14},
@code{0x17}--@code{0x1F}, and
@code{0x30}--@code{0x3F}.@footnote{Historically, control characters like
-ASCII STX, ETX, and BEL (@key{Control+B},@key{ Control+C}, and
+ASCII STX, ETX, and BEL (@key{Control+B}, @key{Control+C}, and
@key{Control+G}) have been observed in @code{roff} documents,
particularly in macro packages employing them as delimiters with the
output comparison operator to try to avoid collisions with the content
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index e0058e808..736afbc57 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ as potentially ending a sentence.
.
When the formatter encounters one of these
.I end-of-sentence characters
-at the end of a line,
-or one of them is followed by two spaces on the same input line,
+at the end of an input line,
+or one of them is followed by two (unescaped) spaces on the same input
+line,
it appends an inter-word space
followed by an inter-sentence space in the formatted output.
.
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