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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 19/24: groff_char(7): Fix style nits. |
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Tue, 27 Dec 2022 04:22:45 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit fb17372fa95e843eb22a42a78078bc64d477443d
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Dec 26 02:04:25 2022 -0600
groff_char(7): Fix style nits.
Recast.
I've come to prefer the construction "typesetting device" over
"typesetter device".
---
man/groff_char.7.man | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index 1d67057a3..902b6bcb5 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ printable code points.
.P
AT&T
.I troff
-in the 1970s faced a similar problem of typesetter devices with a glyph
-repertoire differing from that of the computers that controlled them.
+in the 1970s faced a similar problem:
+the available typesetter's glyph repertoire differed from that of the
+computers that controlled it.
.
Its solution was a form of escape sequence known as a
.I special character
@@ -898,7 +899,7 @@ When using the AT&T special character syntax
Entries marked with \[lq]***\[rq] denote glyphs used for mathematical
purposes.
.
-On typesetter devices,
+On typesetting devices,
such glyphs are typically drawn from a
.I special
font
@@ -1445,7 +1446,7 @@ L Lf(CR) L Lx.
.SS "Rules and lines"
.\" ====================================================================
.
-On typesetter devices,
+On typesetting devices,
the font-invariant glyphs
(see subsection \[lq]Brackets\[rq] above)
.BR \[rs][br] ,
@@ -1469,7 +1470,7 @@ always accesses the underscore glyph in a font;
.\" concern--what font doesn't support every ASCII codepoint these days?
.BR \[rs][ul] ,
by contrast,
-may be font-invariant on typesetter devices.
+may be font-invariant on typesetting devices.
.
.
.P
@@ -1625,7 +1626,7 @@ The variants of the not sign may differ in appearance or
spacing
depending on the device and font selected.
.
Unicode does not encode a discrete \[lq]bitwise or\[rq] sign:
-on typesetter devices,
+on typesetting devices,
it is drawn shorter than the bar,
about the same height as a capital letter.
.
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