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[groff] 01/01: man pages: Fix incorrect uses of Latin "cf.".


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 01/01: man pages: Fix incorrect uses of Latin "cf.".
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 09:46:20 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 490ca5387ca824cf34a09e65e78f2438c2b7a2e2
Author: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
Date:   Tue Nov 7 09:44:33 2017 -0500

    man pages: Fix incorrect uses of Latin "cf.".
    
    People seem to be using "cf." ("confere"), which means "compare", to
    mean "see" instead, for which the Latin abbreviation would be "q.v."
    ("quod vide" -> "which see").
    
    Just use English instead.
    
    Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
---
 man/groff_diff.7.man       | 6 +++---
 man/groff_out.5.man        | 4 ++--
 man/roff.7.man             | 7 ++++---
 src/roff/troff/troff.1.man | 6 +++---
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 14fddcb..737eef9 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -3907,9 +3907,9 @@ Bernd Warken
 .
 The
 .I groff info
-.IR file ,
-cf.\&
-.BR info (1)
+.I file
+(see
+.BR info (1))
 presents all groff documentation within a single document.
 .
 .TP
diff --git a/man/groff_out.5.man b/man/groff_out.5.man
index 9693c5e..b8d2e37 100644
--- a/man/groff_out.5.man
+++ b/man/groff_out.5.man
@@ -1257,8 +1257,8 @@ Mount font position\~\c
 .I n
 (a non-negative integer) with font named\~\c
 .I s
-(a text word),
-cf.
+(a text word);
+see
 .BR groff_font (@MAN5EXT@).
 .
 .
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index f6d4038..145e010 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -361,9 +361,10 @@ The source code of both the ancient Unix and classical
 .I troff
 weren't available for two decades.
 .
-Meanwhile, it is accessible again (on-line) for non-commercial use,
-cf.\& section
-.BR "SEE ALSO" .
+Nowadays, it is accessible again (on-line) for non-commercial use;
+see
+.BR "SEE ALSO" ,
+below.
 .
 .
 .\" ====================================================================
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man b/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
index cbb5562..d667be1 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/troff/troff.1.man
@@ -669,9 +669,9 @@ systems, including pointers to further related 
documentation.
 .P
 The
 .I groff info
-.IR file ,
-cf.\&
-.BR info (@MAN1EXT@),
+.I file
+(see
+.BR info (@MAN1EXT@)),
 presents all groff documentation within a single document.
 .
 .



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