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[groff] 01/08: doc/groff.texi: Fix style nits. |
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Mon, 6 Nov 2023 13:25:48 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit a275ba4822ad40b83e5086d6e53fcfa9a5d4b500
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov 5 12:06:16 2023 -0600
doc/groff.texi: Fix style nits.
* Use consistent (and shorter) wording for cross references to
"Warnings" node.
* Prefix Texinfo @ref command with "see"; cf. @xref.
---
doc/groff.texi | 30 ++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index a54a98ea5..badb59339 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -7645,8 +7645,8 @@ otherwise alter its properties.
Create an alias @var{new} for an existing register @var{old}, causing
the names to refer to the same stored object. If @var{old} is
undefined, a warning in category @samp{reg} is produced and the request
-is ignored. @xref{Warnings}, for information about the enablement and
-suppression of warnings.
+is ignored. @xref{Warnings}, regarding the enablement and suppression
+of warnings.
@cindex alias, register, removing (@code{rr})
@cindex removing alias of register (@code{rr})
@@ -7676,8 +7676,7 @@ Interpolate register with name @var{ident} (one-character
name@tie{}@var{i}, two-character name @var{id}). If the register is
undefined, it is created and assigned a value of@tie{}@samp{0}, that
value is interpolated, and a warning in category @samp{reg} is emitted.
-@xref{Warnings}, for information about the enablement and suppression of
-warnings.
+@xref{Warnings}, regarding the enablement and suppression of warnings.
@cindex @code{\n}, interpretation in copy mode
@code{\n} is interpreted even in copy mode (@pxref{Copy Mode}).
@@ -7808,8 +7807,8 @@ Lowercase letters: 0, a, b, c, @dots{},@tie{}z, aa,
ab,@tie{}@enddots{}
@end table
Omitting @var{fmt} causes a warning in category @samp{missing}.
-@xref{Warnings}, for information about the enablement and suppression of
-warnings. Specifying an unrecognized format is an error.
+@xref{Warnings}, regarding the enablement and suppression of warnings.
+Specifying an unrecognized format is an error.
Zero values are interpolated as @samp{0} in non-Arabic formats.
Negative quantities are prefixed with @samp{-} irrespective of format.
@@ -12482,7 +12481,8 @@ handled as macro arguments are; recall @ref{Calling
Macros}. In
contrast to macro calls, however, if a closing bracket @samp{]} occurs
in a string argument, that argument must be enclosed in double quotes.
When defining strings, argument interpolations must be escaped if they
-are to reference parameters from the calling context; @xref{Parameters}.
+are to reference parameters from the calling context; see
+@ref{Parameters}.
@Example
.ds cite (\\$1, \\$2)
@@ -12741,8 +12741,7 @@ diversion object named @var{old}, causing the names to
refer to the same
stored object. If @var{new} already exists, its contents are lost
unless already aliased. If @var{old} is undefined, a warning in
category @samp{mac} is produced, and the request is ignored.
-@xref{Warnings}, for information about the enablement and suppression of
-warnings.
+@xref{Warnings}, regarding the enablement and suppression of warnings.
To understand how the @code{als} request works, consider two different
storage pools:@: one for objects (macros, strings, etc.), and another
@@ -15316,11 +15315,11 @@ output is being ``diverted'' immediately to the
output device).
Dereferencing an undefined diversion will create an empty one of that
name and cause a warning in category @samp{mac} to be emitted.
-@xref{Warnings}, for information about the enablement and suppression of
-warnings. A diversion does not exist for the purpose of testing with
-the @code{d} conditional operator until its initial definition ends
-(@pxref{Operators in Conditionals}). The following requests are used to
-create and alter diversions.
+@xref{Warnings}, regarding the enablement and suppression of warnings.
+A diversion does not exist for the purpose of testing with the @code{d}
+conditional operator until its initial definition ends (@pxref{Operators
+in Conditionals}). The following requests are used to create and alter
+diversions.
@c END Keep (roughly) parallel with subsection "Diversions" of groff(7).
@DefreqList {di, [@Var{name}]}
@@ -15344,8 +15343,7 @@ Invoking @code{di} or @code{da} without an argument
stops diverting
output to the diversion named by the most recent corresponding request.
If @code{di} or @code{da} is called without an argument when there is no
current diversion, a warning in category @samp{di} is produced.
-@xref{Warnings}, for information about the enablement and suppression
-of warnings.
+@xref{Warnings}, regarding the enablement and suppression of warnings.
@Example
Before the diversion.
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