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[groff] 11/20: doc/groff.texi (Introduction): Fix style nits.
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 11/20: doc/groff.texi (Introduction): Fix style nits. |
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Wed, 2 Aug 2023 12:46:40 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
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commit a64b09636d080d828a0388558ad6034fe1432803
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Aug 2 09:49:43 2023 -0500
doc/groff.texi (Introduction): Fix style nits.
Use better words. Improve correspondence of groff(1) usage summary and
discussion of it.
---
doc/groff.texi | 10 +++++-----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 6a07cb951..da086bd6e 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -661,9 +661,9 @@ embedding of hyperlinks, images, document metadata, and
other inclusions
@cindex macro package, introduction
@cindex package, macro, introduction
-Elemental typesetting functions can be be challenging to use directly
-with complex documents. A @dfn{macro} facility specifies how certain
-routine operations, such as starting paragraphs, or printing headers and
+Elemental typesetting functions can be be laborious to use directly with
+complex documents. A @dfn{macro} facility specifies how certain routine
+operations, such as starting paragraphs, or printing headers and
footers, should be performed in terms of those low-level instructions.
Macros can be specific to one document or collected together into a
@dfn{macro package} for use by many. Several macro packages available;
@@ -942,8 +942,8 @@ gtroff [-abcCEiRUz] [-f @var{font-family}] [-F
@var{font-directory}]
@endExample
Options that don't take arguments can be clustered after a
-single@tie{}@option{-}. A filename of@tie{}@file{-} denotes the
-standard input stream.
+single@tie{}@option{-}. A @var{file} argument of @tie{}@file{-} denotes
+the standard input stream.
All @code{groff} commands accept a @option{--help} option, which
summarizes usage similarly to the foregoing, and @option{--version},
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