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[groff] 10/11: groff_trace(7): Fix style nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 10/11: groff_trace(7): Fix style nits.
Date: 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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