While this was reported against groff 1.18.1.1 and the patch doesn't
quite apply any more, the substance of the report is still valid with
groff CVS HEAD, and I agree with the English improvement (or maybe
"become standard usage"?). Here's an updated patch.
=== modified file 'tmac/groff_man.man'
--- tmac/groff_man.man 2009-01-05 20:10:29 +0000
+++ tmac/groff_man.man 2009-07-20 10:27:40 +0000
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ If a preprocessor like
.B @g...@tbl
or
.B @g...@eqn
-is needed, it has become usage to make the first line of the
+is needed, it has become common to make the first line of the
.I \%man\~page
look like this:
.
Thanks,
--
Colin Watson [[email protected]]
--- Begin Message ---
Package: groff
Version: 1.18.1.1-12
Severity: minor
Tags: upstream patch
--- - 2006-05-28 12:16:41.104563000 -0400
+++ /tmp/groff_man.7 2006-05-28 12:15:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
.B tbl
or
.B eqn
-is needed, it has become usage to make the first line of the man page look
+is needed, it has become common to make the first line of the man page look
like this:
.PP
.RS
--- End Message ---
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