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commit 8c1a5188b313c6254d65c031f43ead4ce601c4dc
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Aug 17 05:58:35 2023 -0500
doc/groff.texi: Correct misleading footnote.
---
doc/groff.texi | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 769b4cdcb..045dbf8de 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -11028,14 +11028,14 @@ Assign properties encoded by the number @var{n} to
characters @var{c1},
Input characters, including special characters introduced by an escape,
have certain properties associated with them.@footnote{Output glyphs
-don't---to GNU @code{troff}, a glyph is simply a box with an index into
-a font, a given height above and depth below the baseline, and a width.}
-These properties can be modified with this request. The first argument
-is the sum of the desired flags and the remaining arguments are the
-characters to be assigned those properties. Spaces between the @var{cn}
-arguments are optional. Any argument @var{cn} can be a character class
-defined with the @code{class} request rather than an individual
-character. @xref{Character Classes}.
+have different properties. The only ones known to GNU @code{troff} are
+those in its font's description file. Recall @ref{Using Fonts}.} These
+properties can be modified with this request. The first argument is the
+sum of the desired flags and the remaining arguments are the characters
+to be assigned those properties. Spaces between the @var{cn} arguments
+are optional. Any argument @var{cn} can be a character class defined
+with the @code{class} request rather than an individual character.
+@xref{Character Classes}.
The non-negative integer @var{n} is the sum of any of the following.
Some combinations are nonsensical, such as @samp{33} (1 + 32).
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