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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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