[Groff-commit] groff/contrib/RUNOFF ChangeLog groff_filenames.man

[Bernd Warken]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/groff
Module name:    groff
Changes by:     Bernd Warken <bwarken>  13/06/27 16:13:55

Modified files:
        contrib/RUNOFF : ChangeLog groff_filenames.man 

Log message:
        Remove *~ files.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog?cvsroot=groff&r1=1.3&r2=1.4
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man?cvsroot=groff&r1=1.2&r2=1.3

Patches:
Index: ChangeLog
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/groff/groff/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- ChangeLog   27 Jun 2013 12:14:16 -0000      1.3
+++ ChangeLog   27 Jun 2013 16:13:54 -0000      1.4
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 2013-06-17  Bernd Warken  <address@hidden>
 
+       Remove files *~
+
+2013-06-17  Bernd Warken  <address@hidden>
+
+       * groff_filenames.man: Corrections.
+
+2013-06-17  Bernd Warken  <address@hidden>
+
        * groff_filenames.man: Extension.
 
 2013-05-14  Bernd Warken  <address@hidden>
@@ -11,7 +19,7 @@
 
        New `groff' project: `RUNOFF', which is the predecessor of `roff'.
 
-       * ChangeLog: New file for thie `contrib' source.
+       * ChangeLog: New file for the `contrib' source.
 
        * Makefile.sub: New `make' file, so far only for 2 man-files.
 

Index: groff_filenames.man
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/groff/groff/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man,v
retrieving revision 1.2
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -b -r1.2 -r1.3
--- groff_filenames.man 27 Jun 2013 12:14:19 -0000      1.2
+++ groff_filenames.man 27 Jun 2013 16:13:54 -0000      1.3
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 .\" Setup
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
-.ds1 Ellipsis "\&.\|.\|.\&\"
+.ds1 Ellipsis "\&.\|.\|.\&"
 .
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .\" Macro definitions
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 .
 Since the evolution of
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
-inte 1960s and
+in the 1960s and
 .FONT CI roff
 in the 1970s, a whole bunch of filename extensions for
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
@@ -168,7 +168,20 @@
 .FONT CR CTSS
 in the years 1960\-63.
 .
-But there is no documentation for this old text system.
+But there is no open documentation for this old text system, but it
+seems that there is 1 book about it in the non-public library at
+.FONT CB MIT R .
+.
+.
+.P
+The letter
+.FONT CB m
+taken from
+.FONT CI MEMO R / MODIFY
+is still active as the option
+.FONT CB -m
+for declaring a macro package in
+.FONT CB troff R / CB nroff R .
 .
 .
 .P
@@ -186,22 +199,23 @@
 .
 All available
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
-files are kept in an archive on
-.FONT CI github R ,
-use the command-line call
+files are now kept in the internet at an archive on
+.FONT CI github R .
+.
+Use the command-line call
 .RS
 .EX
 .FONT CR "$ " CB "git clone address@hidden:RUNOFF/RUNOFF.git"
 .EE
 .RE
-for getting this archive.
+for getting this archive (without the leading dollar).
 .
 .
 .TP
 .FONT I <name> CB .RUNOFF
 .TQ
 .FONT I <name> CB .runoff
-were the oldest usage for files in the original
+were the oldest naming for files in the original
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
 format of the 1960s at
 .FONT CR "IBM 7090"
@@ -215,7 +229,7 @@
 .FONT I <name> CB .RUN
 .TQ
 .FONT I <name> CB .run
-This abbreviation was used first for
+This abbreviation was used for
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
 files on the
 .FONT CR CTSS
@@ -228,7 +242,7 @@
 .FONT I <name> CB .RNO
 .TQ
 .FONT I <name> CB .rno
-used for normal
+was used for normal
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
 text files, mostly on the
 .FONT CR "PDP10\-10 archive" R .
@@ -238,7 +252,7 @@
 .FONT I <name> CB .RNH
 .TQ
 .FONT I <name> CB .rnh
-for help files written in the
+was used for help files written in the
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
 language on the
 .FONT CR "PDP10\-10 archive" R .
@@ -279,30 +293,29 @@
 .FONT CB RUNOFF R .
 .
 Only text files were produced by this step, because graphics was not
-supported in the 1960s.
+available in the 1960s.
 .
 Today we would use the file name extension
 .FONT CI * CB .txt R .
 .
 That was not done in these early times.
 .
-Instead the following extensions were used:
+Instead the following extensions were taken:
 .
 .
 .TP
 .FONT I <name> CB .DOC
 .TQ
 .FONT I <name> CB .doc
-Very often these extensions were used for
-.FONT CI RUNOFF
-files that were run by the
+Very often this naming was used for the output of the
 .FONT CB RUNOFF
-program and contained
+program.
+.
+It contained
 .I filled
 and
 .I hyphenated
-output on
-.IR "tty mode" .
+text, suitable for tty mode.
 .
 The extension
 .FONT CB .doc
@@ -316,7 +329,9 @@
 .FONT I <name> CB .MEM
 .TP
 .FONT I <name> CB .mem
-This often used extension was taken to refer to the ancient
+This often used extension was taken for
+.FONT CI RUNOFF
+files to refer to the ancient
 .FONT CI MEMO
 language.
 .
@@ -336,7 +351,7 @@
 .
 All following parts of this document refer to the
 .FONT CI roff
-language and the used extensions thereof.
+language and the used file name extensions thereof.
 .
 .
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -394,13 +409,17 @@
 .
 .
 .P
-Their usage of extensions should be better documented.
+The extensions for
+.FONT CI man
+should be better documented.
 .
-So this is written here.
+So this is documented here.
 .
 .
 .P
-Files written in this text language use the following extension:
+Files written in the
+.FONT CI man
+language use the following extension:
 .IB * . <section>[<group>] .
 .
 .
@@ -473,7 +492,7 @@
 .FONT I <name> CB .o
 .I Deprecated
 old
-.IR sections .
+.IR "man\-page sections" .
 .
 .
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -514,7 +533,7 @@
 .
 .TP
 .FONT CB xargs.1posix.gz
-is the man\-page for
+is the man\-page for the program
 .FONT CB xargs
 in
 .I section
@@ -525,7 +544,8 @@
 moreover it is
 .I compressed
 with
-.FONT CB gz R .
+.FONT CB gz
+.FONT R ( CB gzip R ).
 .
 .
 .TP
@@ -541,7 +561,7 @@
 .
 .TP
 .FONT CB dpkg-reconfigure.8cdebconf
-man\-page for
+man\-page for the program
 .FONT CB dpkg\-reconfigure
 in
 .I section
@@ -574,7 +594,7 @@
 .TP
 .FONT I <name> CB .man
 .I traditional
-Unix-like man\-page format.
+Unix\-like man\-page format.
 .
 .
 .TP
@@ -584,7 +604,9 @@
 .
 .TP
 .FONT I <name> CB .mandoc
-This extension recognizes both man\-page formats.
+Files using this extension recognize both man\-page formats in
+.FONT CB groff
+and other processors.
 .
 .
 .TP
@@ -608,8 +630,12 @@
 .FONT CI "classical roff"
 languages were interpreted by the
 .FONT CB "traditional troff"
-program.
+and
+.FONT CB "nroff"
+programs.
 .
+.
+.P
 There were several
 .FONT CI roff
 languages, each represented by a
@@ -624,7 +650,7 @@
 .FONT CI roff
 file using the
 .FONT CB me
-.I macro package
+.IR "macro package" .
 .
 .
 .TP
@@ -668,7 +694,8 @@
 .I <package>
 is the name of the macro package without the leading
 .FONT CB m
-character.
+character, wich is reintegrated by the option
+.FONT CB -m R .
 .
 .
 .P
@@ -679,11 +706,17 @@
 macro package.
 .
 .
+.P
+In the
+.FONT CB groff
+source, more suitable file names were integrated, see later on.
+.
+.
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .SS Preprocessors
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
-Moreover the following
+Moreover, the following
 .I preprocessors
 were used as filename extension:
 .
@@ -726,7 +759,7 @@
 .FONT I <name> CB .tr
 for files using the
 .FONT CI roff
-.I language of any kind
+language of any kind
 .
 .
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -737,10 +770,12 @@
 .FONT CB groff
 is the actual
 .FONT CI roff
-standard.
+standard, both for classical
+.FONT CI roff
+and new extensions..
 .
-So the used new extensions in the source code should be regarded as
-standard.
+So even the used new extensions in the source code should be regarded
+as actual standard.
 .
 The following extensions are used instead of classical
 .FONT CB .t
@@ -768,7 +803,7 @@
 file names is quite strange,
 .
 CI groff
-added the structures
+added the following structures:
 .
 .
 .TP
@@ -836,7 +871,8 @@
 .FONT I <name> CB .grn
 for including
 .BR gremlin (@MAN1EXT@),
-pictures,
+pictures, see
+.BR grn (@MAN1EXT@).
 .
 .
 .TP