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[groff] 07/11: [me]: Fix documentation style nit.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 07/11: [me]: Fix documentation style nit.
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:05:48 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 1044867e887f1c657d9c33aadd7c1cf076732d2e
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Aug 13 10:26:37 2021 +1000

    [me]: Fix documentation style nit.
    
    Phrases like "single column" should be hyphenated when used
    attributively.
---
 doc/meintro.me |  4 ++--
 doc/meref.me   | 17 ++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/meintro.me b/doc/meintro.me
index cf8fb66..298617f 100644
--- a/doc/meintro.me
+++ b/doc/meintro.me
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ text of the table
 .pp
 .sh 2 "Two Column Output"
 .pp
-You can get two column output
+You can get two-column output
 automatically
 by using the request
 .b .2c .
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ in that
 .b .bp
 may leave a totally blank column
 when it starts a new page.
-To revert to single column output,
+To revert to single-column output,
 use
 .b .1c .
 .sh 2 "Defining Macros"
diff --git a/doc/meref.me b/doc/meref.me
index 4e675b8..876b2d2 100644
--- a/doc/meref.me
+++ b/doc/meref.me
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ and is indented
 [0]
 from the right margin.
 Footnotes line up underneath
-two column output.
+two-column output.
 If the text of the footnote
 will not all fit on one page
 it will be carried over
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ The column separation is set to
 (saved in
 .NR ($s ).
 The column width,
-calculated to fill the single column line length
+calculated to fill the single-column line length
 with both columns,
 is stored in
 .NR ($l .
@@ -1105,13 +1105,12 @@ is in
 You can test register
 .NR ($m
 [1]
-to see if you are in single column
-or double column mode.
+to see if you are in single-column
+or double-column mode.
 Actually,
 the macro enters
-.i N
-[2]
-column output.
+.i N-
+[2-]column output.
 .TL
 .b .1c
 .DE
@@ -2086,8 +2085,8 @@ NAME      TYPE    DESCRIPTION
 \e\-   F\(sc   minus sign
 \e*\-  S       em dash
 \e0    F\(sc   unpaddable digit-width space
-\&.1c  M       revert to single column output
-\&.2c  M       begin two column output
+\&.1c  M       revert to single-column output
+\&.2c  M       begin two-column output
 \e*:   S       umlaut
 \e*<   S       begin subscript
 \e*>   S       end subscript



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