[groff] 04/09: eqn(1): Fix style and grammar nits.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 9e0b3f75a53224c10d39bf16a36fdd24e01c7edd
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 15 02:41:44 2021 +1000

    eqn(1): Fix style and grammar nits.
    
    * Recast and tighten description of "chartype" directive.
    * Fix missing and extraneous words.
---
 src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man b/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man
index 372e411..54628b2 100644
--- a/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/eqn/eqn.1.man
@@ -282,14 +282,23 @@ but quoting it protects it from macro expansion.
 .
 .TP
 .BI chartype\~ "t text"
-Unquoted groups of characters are split up into individual characters,
-and the type of each character is looked up;
-this changes the type that is stored for each character;
-it says that the characters in
-.I text
-from now on have
+Each (unquoted) character
+.RI in\~ text
+is assigned
 .RI type\~ t .
 .
+The
+.RI type\~ t
+can also be
+.RB \[lq] letter \[rq]
+or
+.RB \[lq] digit \[rq];
+in these cases
+.B chartype
+changes the font style of the characters.
+.
+See subsection \[lq]Fonts\[rq] below.
+.
 For example,
 .
 .
@@ -302,20 +311,10 @@ chartype "punctuation" .,;:
 .
 .
 .IP
-would make the characters \[lq].,;:\[rq] have type punctuation whenever
-they subsequently appeared in an equation.
-.
-The
-.RI type\~ t
-can also be
-.B letter
-or
-.BR digit ;
-in these cases
-.B chartype
-changes the font type of the characters.
-.
-See subsection \[lq]Fonts\[rq] below.
+assigns the
+.RB \[lq] punctuation \[rq]
+type to each of the characters in \[lq].,;:\[rq] wherever they
+subsequently appear in an equation.
 .
 .
 .\" ====================================================================
@@ -908,7 +907,7 @@ you are using.
 .
 .TP
 .B default_rule_thickness
-This should set to the thickness of the
+This should be set to the thickness of the
 .B \[rs][ru]
 character,
 or the thickness of horizontal lines produced with the
@@ -983,8 +982,8 @@ the subscript is shifted down by at least this amount.
 .
 .TP
 .B sup_drop
-The baseline of a superscript is no more than this much amount below
-the top of the object on which the superscript is set.
+The baseline of a superscript is no more than this much below the top of
+the object on which the superscript is set.
 .
 .
 .TP