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[groff] 22/25: doc/groff.texi: Fix style nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 22/25: doc/groff.texi: Fix style nits.
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2023 01:02:57 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit fb2f1141641fd6f69fdf15ba4885e5c06f876d34
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Nov 3 21:44:05 2023 -0500

    doc/groff.texi: Fix style nits.
---
 doc/groff.texi | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 4af15a48f..38fc64d3e 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -9424,7 +9424,7 @@ but also use tab stops normally on the same output line.  
An example is
 a table of contents entry that uses dots to bridge the entry name with
 its page number, which is itself aligned between tab stops.  The
 @code{roff} language provides @dfn{leaders} for this
-purpose.@footnote{This is pronounced to rhyme with ``feeder'', and
+purpose.@footnote{Pronounce ``leader'' to rhyme with ``feeder''; it
 refers to how the glyphs ``lead'' the eye across the page to the
 corresponding page number or other datum.}
 
@@ -9684,9 +9684,9 @@ the former for terminal output, the latter for 
typesetters.  GNU
 GNU @command{nroff} program is available for convenience; it calls GNU
 @code{troff} to perform the formatting.} that sends its output to a
 device driver (@code{grotty} for terminal devices, @code{grops} for
-PostScript, and so on) which interprets this intermediate output format.
-When discussing @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}, it makes sense to talk
-about @dfn{@code{nroff} mode} and @dfn{@code{troff} mode} since the
+PostScript, and so on) that interprets its output.  When discussing
+@acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}, it makes sense to talk about
+@dfn{@code{nroff} mode} and @dfn{@code{troff} mode} since the
 differences are hard-coded.  GNU @code{troff} takes information from
 device and font description files without handling requests specially if
 a terminal output device is used, so such a strong distinction is
@@ -12818,9 +12818,9 @@ True if a string, macro, diversion, or request called 
@var{name} exists.
 True if the current page is even-numbered.
 
 @item F @var{font}
-True if @var{font} exists.  @var{font} is handled as if it were opened
-with the @code{ft} request (that is, font translation and styles are
-applied), without actually mounting it.
+True if @var{font} exists.  @var{font} is handled as if it were an
+argument to the @code{ft} request (that is, font translation and styles
+are applied), but it is not mounted.
 
 @item m @var{color}
 True if @var{color} is defined.



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