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[groff] 01/05: [docs]: Fix style nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 01/05: [docs]: Fix style nits.
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 06:33:41 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 9a448d58c5c110b9290bd923768c86600dd63704
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Thu Mar 18 00:11:00 2021 +1100

    [docs]: Fix style nits.
    
    * doc/groff.texi:
    * doc/ms.ms: Tighten wording in introduction.
    
    * doc/groff.texi: Also remove spurious word.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 17 ++++++++---------
 doc/ms.ms      |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index ce68369..b584ffb 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -2501,14 +2501,14 @@ equations, diagrams, and standardized bibliographic 
citations.
 @node ms Introduction, ms Document Structure, ms, ms
 @subsection Introduction to @file{ms}
 
-The @file{ms} macros are the oldest surviving macro package for
-@code{roff} systems.@footnote{Although manual pages are even older, the
-@file{man} macro language originated in Seventh Edition Unix (1979).
-@file{ms} shipped with Sixth Edition (1975) and was documented by Mike
-Lesk in a Bell Labs internal memorandum.}  While the @file{man} package
-was designed for brief documents to be perused at a terminal, the
-@file{ms} macros are also suitable for longer documents intended for
-printing and possible publication.
+The @file{ms} macros are the oldest surviving package for @code{roff}
+systems.@footnote{Although manual pages are even older, the @file{man}
+macros originated in Seventh Edition Unix (1979).  @file{ms} shipped
+with Sixth Edition (1975) and was documented by Mike Lesk in a Bell Labs
+internal memorandum.}  While the @file{man} package was designed for
+brief documents to be perused at a terminal, the @file{ms} macros are
+also suitable for longer documents intended for printing and possible
+publication.
 
 The @file{ms} macro package included with @code{groff} is a complete
 re-implementation.  Some macros specific to @acronym{AT&T} or Berkeley
@@ -2735,7 +2735,6 @@ Default: 0.3@dmn{v}.
 @Defmpreg {QI, ms}
 Defines the indentation amount used on both sides of a paragraph set
 with the @code{QP} or between the @code{QS} and @code{QE} macros.
-paragraph.
 @c not in V6
 
 Effective: next paragraph.
diff --git a/doc/ms.ms b/doc/ms.ms
index e44a69d..0da1ebb 100644
--- a/doc/ms.ms
+++ b/doc/ms.ms
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Introduction
 .LP
 The
 .I ms
-macros are the oldest surviving macro package for
+macros are the oldest surviving package for
 .I roff
 systems.\**
 .
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ systems.\**
 Although manual pages are even older,
 the
 .I man
-macro language originated in Seventh Edition Unix (1979).
+macros originated in Seventh Edition Unix (1979).
 .
 .I ms
 shipped with Sixth Edition (1975) and was documented by Mike Lesk in a



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