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commit fbae015fb7be35045db3ee9d79f33d76b018253c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Mon May 25 13:56:31 2026 -0500
[doc,man]: Revise character flag 32 description.
* Clarify what we mean by "initially".
* Kick commentary about TeX into a footnote/parenthetical.
* Favor active voice over passive.
* Break input lines in places convenient for roffing and diffing.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 18 +++++++++++++-----
man/groff_diff.7.man | 13 ++++++++-----
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 544968d7d..a00f870f1 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -14079,11 +14079,19 @@ has this property.
@cindex @code{rq} glyph, at end of sentence
@cindex @code{cq} glyph, at end of sentence
Mark the character as transparent for the purpose of end-of-sentence
-recognition. In other words, an end-of-sentence character followed by
-any number of characters with this property is treated as the end of a
-sentence if followed by a newline or two spaces. This is the same as
-having a zero space factor in @TeX{}. Initially, characters
-@samp{"')]*\[dg]\[dd]\[rq]\[cq]} have this property.
+recognition.
+In other words,
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+treats an end-of-sentence character
+followed by any number of characters with this property
+as the end of a sentence if followed by a newline
+or two spaces.@footnote{This is the same as
+having a zero space factor in @TeX{}.}
+At startup,
+characters
+@samp{"')]*\[dg]\[dd]\[rq]\[cq]}
+have this property.
@item 64
Ignore hyphenation codes of the surrounding characters. Use this in
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 69852a0c5..254da1da6 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -479,13 +479,16 @@ Mark the character as transparent for the purpose of
end-of-sentence
recognition.
.
In other words,
-an end-of-sentence character followed by any number of characters with
-this property is treated as the end of a sentence if followed by a
-newline or two spaces.
+GNU
+.I troff \" GNU
+treats an end-of-sentence character
+followed by any number of characters with this property
+as the end of a sentence if followed by a newline
+or two spaces.
.
-This is the same as having a zero space factor in \*[tx].
+(This is the same as having a zero space factor in \*[tx].)
.
-Initially,
+At startup,
characters
.\" The following is ordered with the apostrophe and (single) closing
.\" quote on the ends so they are more easily visually distinguished
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