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[groff] 10/14: [docs]: Stop saying "'current' output device".


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 10/14: [docs]: Stop saying "'current' output device".
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:41:17 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit c49261570838f3dabae491480e32282a8fa28fee
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 12 22:03:13 2021 +1000

    [docs]: Stop saying "'current' output device".
    
    No roff system I've ever heard of supports changing the output device
    during the lifetime of the formatter process, and groff is no different.
---
 NEWS                 |  2 +-
 doc/groff.texi       | 16 ++++++++--------
 man/groff_diff.7.man |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e226c2..f2908e9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ Previously, the text after \fP appeared as bold.
 
 The `substring' request is not new, but hasn't been documented before.
 
-The predefined `.T' string register (which holds the current output
+The predefined `.T' string register (which holds the name of the output
 device) is not new, but hasn't been documented before.
 
 A new request `length' computes the length of a string and returns it in
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 208a021..83d65c0 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -1282,10 +1282,10 @@ and a postprocessor (@code{post-grohtml}).
 
 @cindex output device name string (@code{.T})
 @cindex output device usage register (@code{.T})
-The predefined @code{gtroff} string @code{.T} contains the
-current output device; the read-only register @code{.T} is set to@tie{}1
-if this option is used (which is always true if @code{groff} is used to
-call @code{gtroff}).  @xref{Built-in Registers}.
+The predefined GNU @code{troff} string @code{.T} contains the name of
+the output device; the read-only register @code{.T} is set to@tie{}1 if
+this option is used (which is always true if @code{groff} is used to
+call GNU @code{troff}).  @xref{Built-in Registers}.
 
 The postprocessor to be used for a device is specified by the
 @code{postpro} command in the device description file.  (@xref{Device
@@ -10958,10 +10958,10 @@ Some devices may only have certain permissible sizes, 
in which case
 file specifies which sizes are permissible for the device.
 
 Use the @code{sizes} request to change the permissible sizes for the
-current output device.  Arguments are in scaled points; the
-@code{sizescale} line in the @file{DESC} file for the output device
-provides the scaling factor.  For example, if the scaling factor is
-1000, then the value 12000 is 12@tie{}points.
+output device.  Arguments are in scaled points; the @code{sizescale}
+line in the @file{DESC} file for the output device provides the scaling
+factor.  For example, if the scaling factor is 1000, then the value
+12000 is 12@tie{}points.
 
 Each argument can be a single point size (such as @samp{12000}), or a
 range of sizes (such as @samp{4000-72000}).  You can optionally end the
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index f073742..125bfac 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -4088,7 +4088,7 @@ predefines a string,
 containing the argument given to the
 .B \-T
 command-line option,
-namely the current output device
+namely the output device
 (for example,
 .B pdf
 or



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