[groff] 09/10: roff(7): Make style tweaks.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 4dc4bf077db765fc966e04211d7a6fb2bfdd5d99
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 20 16:31:19 2021 +1100

    roff(7): Make style tweaks.
    
    * Reduce mention of V6 troff(1) not having a request list to a comment;
      it's more of a gripe from me in my efforts at historical research than
      an important element of the narrative, and it breaks the chronological
      progression besides.
    * Recast a sentence to use the active voice and identify Ossanna as the
      original author of CSTR #54.
    * Swap word order; "formally" seems to bind more sensibly to "described"
      than "installed".
    * Remove extranous space.
---
 man/roff.7.man | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 8880a69..60e54bd 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ surviving documentation does not illustrate what requests 
were
 implemented at this time for C/A/T support;
 the
 .IR troff (1) \" AT&T
-man pages in Fourth Edition Unix
-(November 1973)\[em]and
-even Sixth (1975)\[em]do not feature a request list,
+man page in Fourth Edition Unix
+(November 1973)
+does not feature a request list, \" nor does V6 Unix troff(1) (1975)
 unlike
 .IR nroff (1). \" AT&T
 .
@@ -466,11 +466,11 @@ single source tree.
 .
 .
 .P
-The syntax of the input language to the
+Ossanna documented the syntax of the input language to the
 .I nroff
 and
 .I troff
-programs was documented in the \[lq]Troff User's Manual\[rq],
+programs in the \[lq]Troff User's Manual\[rq],
 first published in 1976,
 with further revisions as late as 1992 by Kernighan.
 .
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ A small and simple set of
 .I roff
 macros was first used for the manual pages of Version 4 Unix and
 persisted for two further releases,
-but the first macro package to be formally installed and described was
+but the first macro package to be formally described and installed was
 .I ms
 by Lesk in Version 6.
 .
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ formatting language.
 .UE ,
 GNU
 .IR roff 's
-web site ,
+web site,
 provides convenient access to
 .IR groff 's
 source code repository,