[Groff-commit] groff ./ChangeLog doc/groff.texinfo

[Werner LEMBERG]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/groff
Module name:    groff
Branch:         
Changes by:     Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> 06/02/11 08:54:47

Modified files:
        .              : ChangeLog 
        doc            : groff.texinfo 

Log message:
        * doc/groff.texinfo (Assigning Formats): Number registers are always
        interpolated.
        Apply some rephrasing, contributed by Michael Burt.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/groff/ChangeLog.diff?tr1=1.895&tr2=1.896&r1=text&r2=text
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/groff/doc/groff.texinfo.diff?tr1=1.225&tr2=1.226&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: groff/ChangeLog
diff -u groff/ChangeLog:1.895 groff/ChangeLog:1.896
--- groff/ChangeLog:1.895       Tue Feb  7 09:49:22 2006
+++ groff/ChangeLog     Sat Feb 11 08:54:47 2006
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-02-10  Werner LEMBERG  <address@hidden>
+
+       * doc/groff.texinfo (Assigning Formats): Number registers are always
+       interpolated.
+       Apply some rephrasing, contributed by Michael Burt.
+
 2006-02-07  Werner LEMBERG  <address@hidden>
 
        * tmac/fr.tmac <ms>: Set `HY' register.
Index: groff/doc/groff.texinfo
diff -u groff/doc/groff.texinfo:1.225 groff/doc/groff.texinfo:1.226
--- groff/doc/groff.texinfo:1.225       Sat Jan 21 14:14:09 2006
+++ groff/doc/groff.texinfo     Sat Feb 11 08:54:47 2006
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 @copying
 This manual documents GNU @code{troff} version 1.19.2.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1994-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
+Copyright @copyright{} 1994-2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@
 
 @c To assure correct HTML translation, some ugly hacks are necessary.
 @c While processing a @def... request, the HTML translator looks at the
address@hidden next line to decide whether it should start indentation or not.  
If
address@hidden it is something starting with @def... (e.g. @deffnx), it doesn't.
address@hidden So we must assure during macro expansion that a @def... is seen.
address@hidden next line to decide whether to start indentation, and if the 
line starts
address@hidden with @def... (e.g. @deffnx), indentation is started.  We must 
therefore
address@hidden ensure that a @def... is seen, during macro expansion.
 @c
 @c The following macros have to be used:
 @c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@
 @end macro
 
 
address@hidden We need special parentheses, brackets, and braces:
address@hidden Special care is required with parentheses, brackets, and braces:
 @c
 @c . Real parentheses in @deffn produce an error while compiling with
 @c   TeX.
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@
 @titlepage
 @title groff
 @subtitle The GNU implementation of @code{troff}
address@hidden Edition 1.19.2
address@hidden Summer 2005
address@hidden Edition 1.19.3
address@hidden Spring 2006
 @author by Trent address@hidden
 @author and Werner Lemberg (@email{bug-groff@@gnu.org})
 
@@ -553,10 +553,9 @@
 @chapter Introduction
 @cindex introduction
 
-GNU @code{troff} (or @code{groff}) is a system for typesetting
-documents.  @code{troff} is very flexible and has been in existence (and
-use) for about address@hidden  It is quite widespread and firmly
-entrenched in the @acronym{UNIX} community.
+GNU @code{troff} (or @code{groff}) is a system for typesetting documents. 
address@hidden is very flexible and has been used extensively for some thirty
+years.  It is well entrenched in the @acronym{UNIX} community.
 
 @menu
 * What Is groff?::
@@ -585,10 +584,9 @@
 then be processed by @code{groff} to produce a typeset document on a
 variety of devices.
 
-Likewise, @code{groff} should not be confused with a @dfn{word
-processor}, since that term connotes an integrated system that includes
-an editor and a text formatter.  Also, many word processors follow the
address@hidden paradigm discussed earlier.
address@hidden should not be confused with a @dfn{word processor}, an
+integrated system of editor and text formatter.  Also, many word
+processors follow the acronym{WYSIWYG} paradigm discussed earlier.
 
 Although @acronym{WYSIWYG} systems may be easier to use, they have a
 number of disadvantages compared to @code{troff}:
@@ -605,8 +603,8 @@
 @code{troff} is firmly entrenched in all @acronym{UNIX} systems.
 
 @item
-It is difficult to have a wide range of capabilities available within
-the confines of a GUI/window system.
+It is difficult to have a wide range of capabilities within the confines of
+a GUI/window system.
 
 @item
 It is more difficult to make global changes to a document.
@@ -629,9 +627,9 @@
 @cindex @code{rf}, the program
 @code{troff} can trace its origins back to a formatting program called
 @code{runoff}, written by address@hidden@tie{}Saltzer, which ran on MIT's CTSS
-operating system in the mid-sixties.  This name came from the common
-phrase of the time ``I'll run off a document.''  Bob Morris ported it to
-the 635 architecture and called the program @code{roff} (an abbreviation
+operating system in the mid-sixties.  The name came from the use of the
+phrase ``run off a document'', meaning to print it out.  Bob Morris ported it
+to the 635 architecture and called the program @code{roff} (an abbreviation
 of @code{runoff}).  It was rewritten as @code{rf} for the @w{PDP-7}
 (before having @acronym{UNIX}), and at the same time (1969), Doug
 McIllroy rewrote an extended and simplified version of @code{roff} in
@@ -639,12 +637,12 @@
 
 @cindex @code{roff}, the program
 The first version of @acronym{UNIX} was developed on a @w{PDP-7} which
-was sitting around Bell Labs.  In 1971 the developers wanted to get a
address@hidden for further work on the operating system.  In order to
-justify the cost for this system, they proposed that they would
-implement a document formatting system for the @acronym{AT&T} patents
-division.  This first formatting program was a reimplementation of
-McIllroy's @code{roff}, written by address@hidden@tie{}Ossanna.
+was sitting around Bell Labs.  In 1971, the developers wanted to get a
address@hidden for further work on the operating system, and to justify the
+cost, proposed the development of a document formatting system for the
address@hidden&T} patents division.  This first formatting program was a
+reimplementation of McIllroy's @code{roff}, written by
address@hidden@tie{}Ossanna.
 
 @cindex @code{nroff}, the program
 When they needed a more flexible language, a new version of @code{roff}
@@ -6118,8 +6116,7 @@
 @cindex assigning formats (@code{af})
 @cindex formats, assigning (@code{af})
 
-When a register is used in the text of an input file (as opposed to
-part of an expression), it is textually replaced (or interpolated)
+When a register is used, it is always textually replaced (or interpolated)
 with a representation of that number.  This output format can be
 changed to a variety of formats (numbers, Roman numerals, etc.).  This
 is done using the @code{af} request.