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commit d811e0817ec0e62b749eb1c6ca9845c21cc54ec8
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Dec 21 00:30:08 2025 -0600
groff_diff(7): Fix style nits.
* Speak of "arithmetic operators", not "numeric operators".
* Favor active voice over passive.
* Quote a request name that is confusable with an English word, for
clarity when copy-and-pasting strips font styling.
---
man/groff_diff.7.man | 20 +++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 2d756bc3f..6bfc93d8b 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ non-integral type sizes,
user-defined characters,
and automatic hyphenation of languages other than English;
adds more conditional expression operators;
-recognizes additional scaling units and numeric operators;
+recognizes additional scaling units and arithmetic operators;
enables general file I/O
(in \[lq]unsafe mode\[rq] only);
and exposes more formatter state.
@@ -492,14 +492,16 @@ and
registers represent the type size selected by the formatter
as it understands a device's capability.
.
-The last
-.I requested
-type size is interpolated in scaled points
-by the read-only register
+the read-only registers
.B .psr
-and in points as a decimal fraction by the read-only string-valued
-register
-.BR .sr .
+and
+(string-valued)
+.B .sr
+interpolate the last
+.I requested
+in scaled points
+and in points as a decimal fraction,
+respectively.
.
Like the actual current and previous type size,
the requested ones are properties of an environment.
@@ -551,7 +553,7 @@ For example,
.\" (the second paragraph thereof; the first covers "portable" concepts)
GNU
.IR troff 's \" GNU
-.B \%special
+.RB \%\[lq] special \[rq]
and
.B \%fspecial
requests permit a document
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