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commit 6aff60e8545375576e5998fdf1f6cbace5cfa214
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Jul 17 12:44:41 2026 -0500
doc/groff.texi.in: Wordsmith `-T` option desc.
Favor active voice over passive.
Favor "the formatter" when discussing general *roff behavior.
Break input lines in convenient places for roffing and diffing.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index f78ab614a..56d9f4fff 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -1626,15 +1626,26 @@ This driver consists of two parts, a preprocessor
@cindex output device name string (@code{.T})
@cindex output device usage register (@code{.T})
-The predefined GNU @command{troff} string @code{.T} contains the name of
-the output device; the read-only register @code{.T} is set to@tie{}1 if
-this option is used (which is always true if @command{groff} is used to
-run GNU @command{troff}). @xref{Built-in Registers}.
-
-The postprocessor to be used for a device is specified by the
-@code{postpro} command in the device description file. (@xref{Device
-and Font Description Files}.) This selection can be overridden with the
-@option{-X} option.
+The predefined formatter string
+@code{.T}
+contains the name of the selected output device;
+the read-only register
+@code{.T}
+is set to@tie{}1 if this option is used
+(which is always true if
+@command{groff}
+is used to run
+GNU
+@command{troff}). @c GNU
+@xref{Built-in Registers}.
+
+The device description file's
+@code{postpro}
+command specifies the default postprocessor to be used by a device.
+@xref{Device and Font Description Files}.
+The
+@option{-X}
+option overriddes this selection.
@item -U
@cindex mode, unsafe
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