gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit a502b6778c97125a938dbed3fb4c664244f3d17f
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Oct 12 20:02:28 2023 -0500
groff_man*(7): Tighten wording.
---
tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 19 +++++++------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index 806c8cedb..810caf84d 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -783,10 +783,9 @@ An ordinary paragraph
_ifstyle()dnl
like this one
_endif()dnl
-is set with all output lines indented the same amount.
+indents all output lines by the same amount.
.
-In man pages and other technical literature,
-definition lists are frequently encountered;
+Definition lists frequently occur in man pages;
these can be set as
.I "tagged paragraphs,"
which have one
@@ -855,15 +854,11 @@ is not.
Set a paragraph with a leading tag,
and the remainder of the paragraph indented.
.
-A one-line input trap is planted;
-text on the next line,
-which can be formatted with a macro,
-becomes the tag,
-which is set without indentation.
-.
-The tag can be extended with the
+A one-line input trap that honors the
.B \(rsc
-escape sequence.
+escape sequence is planted;
+text on the next line becomes the tag,
+set without indentation.
.
Subsequent text is indented by
.I indentation,
@@ -873,7 +868,7 @@ and by the amount of the
register otherwise.
.
If the tag,
-plus the required \(lqtag spacing\(rq stored in the
+plus the \(lqtag spacing\(rq stored in the
.B TS
register
(see section \(lqOptions\(rq below)
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