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commit f3e22f5137b7e13eb7e3937bfceeeb5bc32cd0d7
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov 30 02:06:02 2025 -0600
[doc,man]: Continue terminological reform.
Migrate from "marker" to "mark" in general groff documentation.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 25 ++++++++++++++++---------
man/roff.7.man | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index e76cbb3cd..838f383ac 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -5547,7 +5547,7 @@ the formatter treats several characters
@emph{transparently}
after the occurrence of an end-of-sentence character---it does not
cancel end-of-sentence status upon encountering them.
-Such characters are often used as footnote markers
+Such characters are often used as footnote marks
or to close quotations and parentheticals.
The default set is @samp{"}, @samp{'}, @samp{)},
@samp{]}, @samp{*}, @code{\[dg]}, @code{\[dd]}, @code{\[rq]}, and
@@ -5848,9 +5848,11 @@ Heywood Jabuzzoff
.ENDNAME
@endExample
-In fact, the ending marker is itself the name of a macro to be
-called, or a request to be invoked, if it is defined at the time its
-control line is read.
+In fact,
+the ending mark
+is itself the name of a macro to be called,
+or a request to be invoked,
+if it is defined at the time its control line is read.
@Example
.de END
@@ -15634,9 +15636,14 @@ measurement operator @samp{|}. @xref{Numeric
Expressions}.
Text processing continues at the new drawing position; usually, vertical
motions should be in balanced pairs to avoid a confusing page layout.
-@code{\v} will not spring a vertical position trap. This can be useful;
-for example, consider a page bottom trap macro that prints a marker in
-the margin to indicate continuation of a footnote. @xref{Traps}.
+@code{\v}
+will not spring a vertical position trap.
+This can be useful;
+for example,
+consider a page bottom trap macro
+that prints a mark in the margin
+to indicate continuation of a footnote.
+@xref{Traps}.
@endDefesc
A few escape sequences that produce vertical motion are unusual. They
@@ -16241,9 +16248,9 @@ The author writes a pair of macros:@:
one starts a footnote and the other ends it.
They further set a trap a small distance above the page bottom,
reserving a footnote area.
-The author calls the first macro where a footnote marker is desired.
+The author calls the first macro where a footnote mark is desired.
The macro establishes a diversion so that the footnote text is collected
-at the place in the body text where its corresponding marker appears.
+at the place in the body text where its corresponding mark appears.
It further creates an environment for the footnote so that it
sets using a smaller typeface.
The footnote text is formatted in the diversion using that environment
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index d2375ca93..36f8f6453 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ the formatter treats several characters
after the occurrence of an end-of-sentence character\[em]it does not
cancel end-of-sentence status upon encountering them.
.
-Such characters are often used as footnote markers
+Such characters are often used as footnote marks
or to close quotations and parentheticals.
.
The default set is
@@ -844,10 +844,10 @@ one starts a footnote and the other ends it.
They further set a trap a small distance above the page bottom,
reserving a footnote area.
.
-The author calls the first macro where a footnote marker is desired.
+The author calls the first macro where a footnote mark is desired.
.
The macro establishes a diversion so that the footnote text is collected
-at the place in the body text where its corresponding marker appears.
+at the place in the body text where its corresponding mark appears.
.
It further creates an environment for the footnote so that it sets
at a smaller typeface.
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