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commit 110f22d98b58a9fd5c35aac6570d16db02de1114
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Apr 25 08:19:05 2026 -0500
doc/groff.texi.in: Fix style nits.
* Favor active voice over passive.
* Favor footnotes over inlining for forward references.
* Break input lines in a roff-friendly way.
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doc/groff.texi.in | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 636acf8f3..b3ffe9a0c 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -14514,10 +14514,14 @@ without any intervening space.
@node Dummy Characters
@subsection Dummy Characters
-As discussed in @ref{Requests and Macros}, the first character on an
-input line is treated specially. Further, formatting a glyph has many
-consequences on formatter state (@pxref{Environments}). Occasionally,
-we want to escape this context or embrace some of those consequences
+As discussed in @ref{Requests and Macros},
+the formatter treats the first character on an input line specially.
+Further,
+formatting a glyph has many consequences
+on formatter state.@footnote{@xref{Environments}.}
+Occasionally,
+we want to escape this context
+or embrace some of those consequences
without actually rendering a glyph to the output.
@Defesc {\\&, , , }
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