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commit 7e69fa022ea1bfe173ec36f63c873bc1bf1ef985
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Sep 7 22:36:50 2022 -0500
groff_mdoc(7): Update "man page" term explanation.
Grammatically, nouns have gender, not sex. Also clarify that a man page
is a man page whether it's in written in man(7) or mdoc(7).
Obligatory URL for this commit:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44667195
---
tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man
index 400fb0f76..10152aef9 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man
@@ -119,11 +119,14 @@ translation to future documentation tools.
.
.
.Pp
-Throughout the
+Throughout
.Ux
-manual pages,
-a manual entry is simply referred to as a man page,
-regardless of actual length and without sexist intention.
+documentation,
+a manual entry is referred simply to as a
+.Dq "man page" ,
+regardless of its length,
+without gendered implication,
+and irrespective of the macro package selected for its composition.
.
.
.Sh "Getting started"
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