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commit 587c4a2212d4045bed0452ac6acf42e7325462f5
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Jul 12 11:48:21 2025 -0500
doc/*,man/*: Tighten wording.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 18 ++++++++++++++----
man/groff.7.man | 17 ++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 7c2756e35..388c5127f 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -6970,10 +6970,20 @@ forms.
@cindex @code{[}, macro names starting with, and @code{refer}
@cindex @code{]}, macro names starting with, and @code{refer}
@cindex macro names, starting with @code{[} or @code{]}, and @code{refer}
-If you begin a macro, string, or diversion name with either of the
-characters @samp{[} or @samp{]}, you foreclose use of the @code{grefer}
-preprocessor, which recognizes input lines starting with @samp{.[} and
-@samp{.]} as bibliographic reference delimiters.
+Beginning a macro,
+string,
+or diversion name with the character
+@samp{[}
+or
+@samp{]}
+forecloses use of the
+@code{grefer}
+preprocessor,
+which recognizes input lines starting with
+@samp{.[}
+and
+@samp{.]}
+as bibliographic reference delimiters.
@Defesc {\\A, @code{'}, anything, @code{'}}
Interpolate@tie{}1 if @var{anything} is a valid identifier, and@tie{}0
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index bfcf22d30..a3cc700ba 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -1426,14 +1426,19 @@ with bracket forms.
.
.
.P
-If you begin a macro,
+Beginning a macro,
string,
-or diversion name with either of the characters \[lq][\[rq] or
-\[lq]]\[rq],
-you foreclose use of the
+or diversion name with the character
+\[lq][\[rq]
+or
+\[lq]]\[rq]
+forecloses use of the
.MR @g@refer @MAN1EXT@
preprocessor,
-which recognizes input lines starting with \[lq].[\[rq] and \[lq].]\[rq]
+which recognizes input lines starting with
+\[lq].[\[rq]
+and
+\[lq].]\[rq]
as bibliographic reference delimiters.
.
.
@@ -1496,6 +1501,8 @@ No other object types do.
.\" END Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Identifiers".
.
.
+.br
+.ne 4v
.\" ====================================================================
.SH "Control characters"
.\" ====================================================================
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