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commit f8346a254ee051a33480f8f0f55600d81676d8f3
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Aug 23 02:25:47 2023 -0500
[docs]: Rein in overstated claim.
---
doc/groff.texi | 5 +++--
man/roff.7.man | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 21b64efad..cf34edad8 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5816,8 +5816,9 @@ its resolution and page dimensions (@pxref{DESC File
Format}).
A @dfn{page} is a two-dimensional structure upon which a @code{roff}
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.
+down and to the right. Useful ones are typically positive and within
+numeric ranges corresponding to the page boundaries.
+@c You could draw an arc of a circle whose center is off the page.
@cindex drawing position
@cindex position, drawing
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index b201870dc..fa4233794 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -533,8 +533,9 @@ 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
+Useful ones are typically positive and within numeric ranges
corresponding to the page boundaries.
+.\" You could draw an arc of a circle whose center is off the page.
.
.
.P
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