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[groff] 10/11: groff_trace(7): Fix style nits.
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 10/11: groff_trace(7): Fix style nits. |
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Wed, 6 Apr 2022 13:08:22 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit c6ad7703d5b325b39d32427755796e58efa93316
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Apr 6 09:47:15 2022 +1000
groff_trace(7): Fix style nits.
* Recast discussion of backslash usage.
* Stop naming a macro using its call syntax.
* Use mom(7), not man(7), as an example of a macro package one might use
while defining one's own macros. We don't encourage that with man(7).
---
tmac/groff_trace.7.man | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_trace.7.man b/tmac/groff_trace.7.man
index 504347eb..5b4d1728 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_trace.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_trace.7.man
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ request
(and its cousins),
macro arguments are expanded one level more.
.
-This causes problems if an argument contains four backslashes or more
-to prevent too early expansion of the backslash.
+This causes problems if an argument uses four or more backslashes to
+delay interpretation of an escape sequence.
.
For example,
the macro call
@@ -120,10 +120,11 @@ the macro call
.EE
.RE
.
-normally passes \[lq]\[rs]\[rs]n[bar]\[rq] to macro \[lq].foo\[rq],
-but with the redefined
+normally passes \[lq]\[rs]\[rs]n[bar]\[rq] to macro \[lq]foo\[rq],
+but with
.B de
-request it passes \[lq]\[rs]n[bar]\[rq] instead.
+redefined,
+it passes \[lq]\[rs]n[bar]\[rq] instead.
.
.
.P
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ not with a command-line option.
We might do this when using a macro package like
.I ms
or
-.IR man ,
+.IR mom ,
where we may not want to be distracted by traces of macros we didn't
write.
.
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