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commit a6338f7971fdffcf0771a8f40d6769196ac287e9
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Oct 9 11:07:46 2022 -0500
[docs]: Fix content nit.
* doc/groff.texi (Page Geometry): Clarify; there are many coordinate
systems.
* man/roff.7.man (Page geometry): Sync.
---
doc/groff.texi | 8 ++++----
man/roff.7.man | 8 ++++----
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index bc5569ad8..6ccd433b8 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5605,10 +5605,10 @@ its resolution and page dimensions (@pxref{DESC File
Format}).
@cindex page
A @dfn{page} is a two-dimensional structure upon which a @code{roff}
-system imposes a coordinate system with its upper left corner as the
-origin. Coordinate values are in basic units and increase down and to
-the right. Useful ones are therefore always positive and within numeric
-ranges corresponding to the page boundaries.
+system imposes a rectangular coordinate system with its upper left
+corner as the origin. Coordinate values are in basic units and increase
+down and to the right. Useful ones are therefore always positive and
+within numeric ranges corresponding to the page boundaries.
@cindex drawing position
@cindex position, drawing
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 04bdf4045..d37f1ea14 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ A
.I page
is a two-dimensional structure upon which a
.I roff
-system imposes a coordinate system with its upper left corner as the
-origin.
+system imposes a rectangular coordinate system with its upper left
+corner as the origin.
.
Coordinate values are in basic units and increase down and to the right.
Useful ones are therefore always positive and within numeric ranges
@@ -849,11 +849,11 @@ and Multics.
ancestor
.I RUNOFF
was written in the MAD language by Jerry Saltzer
-to prepare his Ph.D.\& thesis using the Compatible Time Sharing System
+to prepare his Ph.D.\& thesis on the Compatible Time Sharing System
(CTSS),
a project of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
.
-The program is generally referred to in full capitals,
+This program is referred to in full capitals,
both to distinguish it from its many descendants,
and because bits were expensive in those days;
five- and six-bit character encodings were still in widespread usage,
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