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[groff] 40/40: groff_mdoc(7): Rename metasyntactic variable.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 40/40: groff_mdoc(7): Rename metasyntactic variable.
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:43:40 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 37c6ef46ce4f032c31d9dd3cb32081af85afd08e
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat Nov 12 11:04:00 2022 -0600

    groff_mdoc(7): Rename metasyntactic variable.
    
    Say "section identifier" rather than "section number", since mdoc
    admits non-numeric ones ("unass", "draft", "paper").
---
 tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man
index 6f55d679e..f83c9570a 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_mdoc.7.man
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ to construct a man page from the following template.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 \&.\e" The following commands are required for all man pages.
 \&.Dd date
-\&.Dt page-topic [section-number [volume-name]]
+\&.Dt page-topic [section-identifier [volume-name]]
 \&.Os [package-or-operating system [version-or-release]]
 \&.Sh Name
 \&.Nm page-topic
@@ -877,15 +877,15 @@ manuals to automatically insert the current date when 
committing.
 This macro is neither callable nor parsed.
 .
 .
-.It Li .Dt Ar page-topic Op Ar section-number Op Ar section-name
+.It Li .Dt Ar page-topic Op Ar section-identifier Op Ar section-name
 .
 .Ar page-topic
 is the subject of the man page.
 .
 A
-.Ar section-number
-that is an integer in the range 1\[en]9
-or one of the words
+.Ar section-identifier
+that begins with an integer in the range 1\[en]9
+or is one of the words
 .Ql unass ,
 .Ql draft ,
 or



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