[groff] 25/46: doc/meref.me: Correct various small issues.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch dev-gropdf-boxes
in repository groff.

commit f04b84052c60a581f889fbdbd2a124c05dc06ad8
Author: Dave Kemper <saint.snit@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Apr 12 03:57:12 2021 +0000

    doc/meref.me: Correct various small issues.
    
    - Change names of two diacritical marks to match Unicode usage: "circle"
      to "ring," "Czech" to "caron"
    - Correct description of caron from "inverted" to "raised" v
    - Correct description of string \*- from "3/4 em dash" to "em dash"
    - Remove some excess verbiage
    - Correct some minor typos and punctuation
    
    Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60379>.
---
 ChangeLog    |  6 ++++++
 doc/meref.me | 32 ++++++++++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6ccc633..dbc5063 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2021-04-12  Dave Kemper <saint.snit@gmail.com>
 
+       * doc/meref.me: Correct various small issues.
+
+       Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60379>.
+
+2021-04-12  Dave Kemper <saint.snit@gmail.com>
+
        * man/groff.7.man (Registers/Writable registers) <year, yr>:
        Drop discussion of Y2K issues.
 
diff --git a/doc/meref.me b/doc/meref.me
index edc7b8f..359dd67 100644
--- a/doc/meref.me
+++ b/doc/meref.me
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ End this page,
 but do not begin the next page.
 Useful for forcing out footnotes,
 but other than
-that hardly every used.
+that hardly ever used.
 Must be followed by a
 .b .bp
 or the end of input.
@@ -1456,8 +1456,7 @@ ends the header portion of the table.
 .b .TE
 .DE
 Table end.
-Note that this table
-does not float,
+This table does not float;
 in fact,
 it is not even guaranteed to stay on one page
 if you use requests such as
@@ -1678,7 +1677,7 @@ If there are any spaces in it,
 the entire header must be quoted.
 If you want the header to have the chapter number
 in it,
-Use the string
+use the string
 .b "\e\e\e\en(ch" .
 For example, to number appendixes
 .b A.1
@@ -1690,8 +1689,7 @@ Each section
 should be preceded by the
 .b .+c
 macro.
-It should be mentioned
-that it is easier when using
+It is easier when using
 \*T to put the front material
 at the end of the paper,
 so that the table of contents
@@ -1872,9 +1870,7 @@ Right quote.
 .TL
 .ST \-
 .DE
-.ie \w'\(34'>0 \(34
-.el 3/4
-em dash.
+Em dash.
 .sh 1 "Special Characters and Marks"
 .pp
 There are a number of special characters
@@ -1890,8 +1886,8 @@ Umlaut    \e*:    u\e*:   u\*:
 Tilde  \e*~    n\e*~   n\*~
 Caret  \e*^    e\e*^   e\*^
 Cedilla        \e*,    c\e*,   c\*,
-Czech  \e*v    e\e*v   e\*v
-Circle \e*o    A\e*o   A\*o
+Caron  \e*v    e\e*v   e\*v
+Ring   \e*o    A\e*o   A\*o
 There exists   \e*(qe          \*(qe
 For all        \e*(qa          \*(qa
 .fi
@@ -2038,7 +2034,7 @@ NAME      TYPE    DESCRIPTION
 \&.+c  M       begin chapter
 \e*,   S       cedilla
 \e\-   F\(sc   minus sign
-\e*\-  S       3/4 em dash
+\e*\-  S       em dash
 \e0    F\(sc   unpaddable digit-width space
 \&.1c  M       revert to single column output
 \&.2c  M       begin two column output
@@ -2099,8 +2095,8 @@ NAME      TYPE    DESCRIPTION
 \e*(dw S       current day of week
 \en(dy R\(sc   day of month
 \ee    F\(sc   printable version of \e
-\&.ef  M       set footer (even numbered pages only)
-\&.eh  M       set header (even numbered pages only)
+\&.ef  M       set footer (even-numbered pages only)
+\&.eh  M       set header (even-numbered pages only)
 \&.el  M\(sc   else part of conditional
 \&.ep  M       end page
 \en(es R       equation pre/post space
@@ -2154,9 +2150,9 @@ NAME      TYPE    DESCRIPTION
 \&.np  M       begin numbered paragraph
 \&.nr  M\(sc   set number register
 \&.ns  M\(sc   no space mode
-\e*o   S       circle (e.g., for Norse A\*o)
-\&.of  M       set footer (odd numbered pages only)
-\&.oh  M       set header (odd numbered pages only)
+\e*o   S       ring (e.g., for Norse A\*o)
+\&.of  M       set footer (odd-numbered pages only)
+\&.oh  M       set header (odd-numbered pages only)
 \&.pa  M       begin page
 \&.pd  M       print delayed text
 \en(pf R       paragraph font
@@ -2211,7 +2207,7 @@ NAME      TYPE    DESCRIPTION
 \&.uh  M       unnumbered section
 \&.ul  M\(sc   underline next line
 \ev\'\fI\&d\fP\'       F\(sc   local vertical motion for distance \fI\&d\fP
-\e*v   S       inverted `v' for czeck ``e\*v''
+\e*v   S       raised `v' for caron ``e\*v''
 \ew\'\fI\&S\fP\'       F\(sc   return width of string \fI\&S\fP
 \&.xl  M       set line length (local)
 \&.xp  M       print index