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[groff] 10/35: groff(1),nroff(1): Fix content nit.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 10/35: groff(1),nroff(1): Fix content nit.
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 03:32:35 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 6f1d378b5125d2f5fe0b184f6b447d7bedf55f73
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Oct 23 12:26:50 2021 +1100

    groff(1),nroff(1): Fix content nit.
    
    Be more precise and ecumenical regarding path separator characters.
    Also with this rewording we can scoop up $PATH itself.
---
 src/roff/groff/groff.1.man |  6 +++---
 src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
index 865f723..80c6f44 100644
--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
@@ -1598,9 +1598,9 @@ inspecting the exit status and any diagnostic messages of 
each command.
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
 Normally,
-the path separator in the environment variables ending with
-.I _PATH
-below is the colon;
+the path separator in environment variables ending with
+.I PATH
+is the colon;
 this may vary depending on the operating system.
 .
 For example,
diff --git a/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man b/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man
index 637ba6f..a3c232c 100644
--- a/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/nroff/nroff.1.man
@@ -238,6 +238,16 @@ otherwise.
 .SH Environment
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
+Normally,
+the path separator in environment variables ending with
+.I PATH
+is the colon;
+this may vary depending on the operating system.
+.
+For example,
+Windows uses a semicolon instead.
+.
+.
 .TP
 .I GROFF_BIN_PATH
 is a colon-separated list of directories in which to search for the



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