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[groff] 20/35: doc/groff.texi: Condense `ce` request discussion.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 20/35: doc/groff.texi: Condense `ce` request discussion.
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:32:39 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit afe9f01324dfee26f4b97f6f46f6812a0da1d707
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Oct 23 18:38:20 2021 +1100

    doc/groff.texi: Condense `ce` request discussion.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 3879bb1..51a9dc2 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -7290,8 +7290,9 @@ This is an uninteresting sentence.
 @cindex centering lines (@code{ce})
 @cindex lines, centering (@code{ce})
 Center the next @var{nnn} input text lines without filling them.  A
-pending output line is broken.  The count of lines still to be centered
-is associated with the environment (@pxref{Environments}).
+pending output line is broken.  The count of lines remaining to be
+centered is stored in the read-only register @code{.ce} and is
+associated with the environment (@pxref{Environments}).
 
 @cindex @code{ce} request, difference from @w{@samp{.ad c}}
 While the @w{@samp{.ad c}} request also centers text, it fills the text
@@ -7330,9 +7331,6 @@ The previous example illustrates a common idiom of 
turning centering on
 for a quantity of lines far in excess of what is required, and off again
 after the text to be centered.  This pattern is useful to avoid counting
 lines for any request that takes a count of input lines as an argument.
-
-The @code{.ce} read-only register contains the count of lines remaining
-to be centered, as set by the @code{ce} request.
 @endDefreq
 
 @DefreqList {rj, [@Var{nnn}]}



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