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commit b87124fe9b5f7447684ecef97222ee84f3af4b66
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Sep 16 16:57:50 2023 -0500
doc/groff.texi: Clarify.
Fix imprecise wording. CSTR #54 dates back to 1976 in its original
version; device-independent troff happened about four years later.
---
doc/groff.texi | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index ee71a87e8..b7bd6c41c 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -17398,9 +17398,9 @@ request); GNU @code{troff} has no such restriction.
GNU @code{troff} predefines a string @code{.T} containing the argument
given to the @option{-T} command-line option, namely the current output
device (for example, @samp{pdf} or @samp{utf8}). The existence of this
-string is a common feature of post-CSTR@tie{}#54
+string is a common feature of device-independent
@code{troff}s@footnote{DWB@tie{}3.3, Solaris, Heirloom Doctools, and
-Plan@tie{}9 @code{troff} all support it.} but valid values are specific
+Plan@tie{}9 @code{troff}s all support it.} but valid values are specific
to each implementation.
@cindex removal of read-only registers, incompatibility with @acronym{AT&T}
@code{troff}
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