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[groff] 12/38: grotty(1): Clarify.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 12/38: grotty(1): Clarify.
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2024 16:59:57 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit e3e45a8b5ef871eb3aee8eaaf49efd8d97b0975f
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Mar 18 15:26:38 2024 -0500

    grotty(1): Clarify.
    
    The distinction between terminals more and less closely resembling
    typewriters is a particularly sore point among nroff users.
    
    See, e.g.,
    <https://invisible-island.net/scripts/man2html.html>
    and
    <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=312935>.
    
    Or for the really short version, Anton Shepelev summarizes:
    <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2023-11/msg00047.html>.
---
 src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
index 4205e402d..bf88065d9 100644
--- a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ TTY
 output driver translates the output of
 .MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@
 into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices,
-including terminal emulators.
+including video terminal emulators.
 .
 Normally,
 .I grotty



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