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commit 796ca39dad236757ecea946c958a23a05a7e12d9
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jul 15 01:30:30 2025 -0500
doc/*,man/*: Sync fractional type size stuff.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 16 +++++++++++-----
man/groff_diff.7.man | 7 ++++---
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 2f8951992..8791860aa 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -13196,11 +13196,17 @@ and the second and fourth arguments to the
@code{tkf}
request.
-For example, if @var{sizescale} is@tie{}1000, then a scaled point is one
-thousandth of a point. The request @samp{.ps 10.5} is synonymous with
-@samp{.ps 10.5z} and sets the type size to 10,500@tie{}scaled points, or
-10.5@tie{}points. Consequently, in GNU @code{troff}, the register
-@code{.s} can interpolate a non-integral type size.
+For example,
+if
+@var{sizescale}
+is@tie{}1000,
+then a scaled point is one thousandth of a point.
+The request
+@samp{.ps 10.5}
+is synonymous with
+@samp{.ps 10.5z};
+both set the type size to 10,500@tie{}scaled points,
+or 10.5@tie{}typographical points.
@Defreg {.ps}
This read-only register interpolates the type size in scaled points.
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 4706b41cf..dc4424bd9 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ Consequently,
.RB \[lq] ".ps 10.5" \[rq]
is synonymous with
.RB \[lq] ".ps 10.5z" \[rq];
-both set the type size to 10,500\~scaled points,
-or 10.5\~points.
+both set the type size to 10,500\~scaled points
+or 10.5\~typographical points.
.
.
.P
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ and in points as a decimal fraction by the read-only
string-valued
register
.BR .sr .
.
-Both are associated with the environment.
+Like the actual current and previous type size,
+the requested ones are properties of an environment.
.
.
.P
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