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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 21/39: doc/groff.texi: Pull roff(7) citation earlier. |
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Tue, 31 May 2022 20:32:27 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 9cd138baf8941a2adfcd1c69fddda1efd2ddfb29
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon May 30 12:32:43 2022 -0500
doc/groff.texi: Pull roff(7) citation earlier.
---
doc/groff.texi | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 87d381ab..d21c4dd7 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -574,6 +574,11 @@ ever undertaken.
@end quotation
@c https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2022-March/025535.html
+A history relating @code{groff} to its predecessors @code{roff},
+@code{nroff}, and @code{troff} is available in the @cite{roff@r{(7)}}
+man page.
+
+
@c =====================================================================
@node What Is @code{groff}?, @code{groff} Capabilities, Introduction,
Introduction
@@ -788,8 +793,7 @@ We apply the term ``groff'' to the language documented
here, the GNU
implementation of the overall system, the project that develops that
system, and the command of that name. In the first sense, @code{groff}
is an extended dialect of the @code{roff} language, for which many
-similar implementations exist; see the @cite{roff@r{(7)}} man page for a
-history.
+similar implementations exist.
We use Texinfo's ``result'' (@result{}) and @error{} notations to
present output written to the standard output and standard error
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