[bug #61467] [PATCH] doc/pic.ms: Use the name rather than the symbol for a unit

[Bjarni Ingi Gislason]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?61467>

                 Summary: [PATCH] doc/pic.ms: Use the name rather than the
symbol for a unit
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: bjarniig
            Submitted on: Thu 11 Nov 2021 09:55:08 PM UTC
                Category: Macro - ms
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

>From a0837ba65287a48272acf6b92114cb16fe30ef7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarn...@rhi.hi.is>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:46:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] doc/pic.ms: Use the name rather than the symbol for a unit

  The symbol '"' is a specific English one.

  I do not see it for example in conversion tables.

  Names of units are better in text than symbols.

Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarn...@rhi.hi.is>
---
 doc/pic.ms | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/pic.ms b/doc/pic.ms
index 3fc473c13..b1b3d25fe 100644
--- a/doc/pic.ms
+++ b/doc/pic.ms
@@ -411,12 +411,12 @@ Object@Default Size
 _
 .sp 2p
 .TH
-box@0.75" wide by 0.5" high
-circle@0.5" diameter
-ellipse@0.75" wide by 0.5" high
-arc@0.5" radius
-line@0.5" long
-arrow@0.5" long
+box@0.75 inches wide by 0.5 inches high
+circle@0.5 inches diameter
+ellipse@0.75 inches wide by 0.5 inches high
+arc@0.5 inches radius
+line@0.5 inches long
+arrow@0.5 inches long
 .sp 5p
 _
 .TE
-- 
2.33.0






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