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[groff] 26/31: groff(1) (Front end): Fix style nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 26/31: groff(1) (Front end): Fix style nits.
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 02:39:51 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 77f0c9f5d15b0776daa81f43ba3b3c55e8cd4511
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Jul 25 15:18:23 2021 +1000

    groff(1) (Front end): Fix style nits.
    
    * Rename subsection from "Front ends" to "Front end".
    * Recast for clarity.
    * Coalesce single-sentence paragraph into its predecessor.
---
 src/roff/groff/groff.1.man | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
index 2fd2e93..1713249 100644
--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ groff \-Tps \-dpaper=a4l \-P\-pa4 \-P\-l \-ms foo.ms > 
foo.ps
 .
 .
 .\" ====================================================================
-.SS "Front ends"
+.SS "Front end"
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
 The
@@ -835,17 +835,16 @@ program is a wrapper around the
 .IR \%@g@troff (@MAN1EXT@)
 program.
 .
-It allows one to specify the preprocessors by command-line options and
-automatically runs the postprocessor that is appropriate for the
-selected device.
+It allows one to specify preprocessors via command-line options and
+automatically runs the appropriate postprocessor for the selected
+output device.
 .
 Doing so,
-the sometimes tedious piping mechanism of traditional
+the manual construction of pipelines or management of temporary files
+required of users of traditional
 .IR roff (@MAN7EXT@)
 systems can be avoided.
 .
-.
-.P
 The
 .IR grog (@MAN1EXT@)
 program can be used to infer an appropriate



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