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[groff] 12/21: roff(7): Fix style and markup nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 12/21: roff(7): Fix style and markup nits.
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 07:51:22 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 7e910d37e364430a1ceee28d0bf7934c893f11d9
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Jul 28 04:10:51 2023 -0500

    roff(7): Fix style and markup nits.
    
    * Fix missing comma.
    * Pass a single multi-word argument to each `I` macro, for the glory of
      premature optimization (but also better symmetry with font style
      alternation macro usage).
    * Tweak wording.
---
 man/roff.7.man | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 2468a4b02..3f5450b63 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ The manual pages on Unix systems
 (\[lq]man\~pages\[rq])
 and bestselling books on software engineering,
 including Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie's
-.I The C Programming Language
+.I "The C Programming Language"
 and W.\& Richard Stevens's
-.I Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment
+.IR "Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment" ,
 have been written using
 .I roff
 systems.
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ Most
 .I roff
 input files employ the macros of a document formatting package,
 intermixed with instructions for one or more preprocessors,
-and seasoned with escape sequences and requests from the
+and are seasoned with escape sequences and requests from the
 .I roff
 language.
 .
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ particularly if they are similar.
 The names of the devices and their driver programs are not standardized.
 .
 Technological fashions evolve;
-the devices used for document preparation when AT&T
+the devices popular for document preparation when AT&T
 .I troff \" AT&T
 was first written in the 1970s are no longer used in production
 environments.



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