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commit f414e407aa50cb501e25810ced390ca4996d212c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Jan 10 20:24:32 2026 -0600
doc/groff.texi.in: Recast "Diversions" material.
* Favor active voice over passive.
* Use "recall" and non-parenthetical phrase for backward references.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 15 +++++++++------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index ea9517d37..026fd5a50 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -18531,15 +18531,18 @@ Use
@code{\!}
by itself to embed newlines in a diversion.
@cindex @code{\?}, interpretation in copy mode
-Unlike
-@code{\!},
+The two escape sequences differ in that
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+interprets
@code{\?}
-is interpreted even in copy mode
-(@pxref{Copy Mode});
-consequently,
+even in copy mode;
+recall
+@ref{Copy Mode}.
+Consequently,
comparands protected with
@code{\?}
-need not even be valid
+need not be valid
GNU
@command{troff} @c GNU
syntax.
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