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[groff] 02/03: * doc/groff.texinfo: Various minor fixes.


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: [groff] 02/03: * doc/groff.texinfo: Various minor fixes.
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:56:46 +0000

wl pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 25329ffce61177d82e66eeb3eb1ee92a4230a362
Author: Werner Lemberg <address@hidden>
Date:   Sun Oct 12 17:54:30 2014 +0200

    * doc/groff.texinfo: Various minor fixes.
    
    Most of those glitches have been found by comparing the info output
    from makeinfo 4.13 and the current SVN development version (of
    makeinfo).
---
 ChangeLog         |    8 ++++++++
 doc/groff.texinfo |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bd89b1d..3cccca7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 2014-10-12  Werner LEMBERG  <address@hidden>
 
+       * doc/groff.texinfo: Various minor fixes.
+
+       Most of those glitches have been found by comparing the info output
+       from makeinfo 4.13 and the current SVN development version (of
+       makeinfo).
+
+2014-10-12  Werner LEMBERG  <address@hidden>
+
        * doc/groff.texinfo: Improve indexing.
 
        Change @DefXXXItem and @DefXXXListEnd macros to not insert an index
diff --git a/doc/groff.texinfo b/doc/groff.texinfo
index ab52a28..df3f63c 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texinfo
+++ b/doc/groff.texinfo
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1994-2014 Free Software Foundation, 
Inc.
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
-Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being `A GNU Manual,''
+Invariant Sections, with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,''
 and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below.  A copy of the license is
-included in the section entitled `GNU Free Documentation License.''
+included in the section entitled ``GNU Free Documentation License.''
 
 (a) The FSF's Back-Cover Text is: ``You have the freedom to copy and
 modify this GNU manual.  Buying copies from the FSF supports it in
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ according to a bibliographic database.
 Unfortunately, Ossanna's @code{troff} was written in @w{PDP-11} assembly
 language and produced output specifically for the CAT phototypesetter.
 He rewrote it in C, although it was now address@hidden of uncommented
-code and still dependent on the CAT.  As the CAT became less common, and
+code and still dependent on the address@hidden  As the CAT became less common, 
and
 was no longer supported by the manufacturer, the need to make it support
 other devices became a priority.  However, before this could be done,
 Ossanna died by a severe heart attack in a hospital while recovering
@@ -1984,6 +1984,7 @@ one   This is  the first paragraph.  Notice  how the first
       line of  the resulting  paragraph lines up  with the
       other lines in the paragraph.
 @endExample
+
 @Example
 longlabel
       This  paragraph   had  a  long   label.   The  first
@@ -3461,6 +3462,7 @@ You may control the style used to print section numbers, 
within numbered
 section headings, by defining an appropriate alias for the string
 @code{SN-STYLE}.  The default style, in which the printed section number
 is followed by a terminating period, is obtained by defining the alias
+
 @Example
 .als SN-STYLE SN-DOT
 @endExample
@@ -3468,6 +3470,7 @@ is followed by a terminating period, is obtained by 
defining the alias
 @noindent
 If you prefer to omit the terminating period, from section numbers
 appearing in numbered section headings, you may define the alias
+
 @Example
 .als SN-STYLE SN-NO-DOT
 @endExample
@@ -4294,11 +4297,11 @@ following definitions.
 The following accent marks are available after invoking the @code{AM}
 macro:
 
address@hidden {\', ms}
address@hidden {', ms}
 Acute accent.
 @endDefstr
 
address@hidden {\`, ms}
address@hidden {`, ms}
 Grave accent.
 @endDefstr
 
@@ -5027,7 +5030,7 @@ character which immediately follows the number or 
expression.  Each of
 these units are understood, by @code{gtroff}, to be a multiple of its
 @dfn{basic unit}.  So, whenever a different measurement unit is
 specified @code{gtroff} converts this into its @dfn{basic units}.  This
-basic unit, represented by a @samp{u}, is a device dependent measurement
+basic unit, represented by a @samp{u}, is a device dependent measurement,
 which is quite small, ranging from 1/address@hidden to 1/address@hidden of an
 inch.  The values may be given as fractional numbers; however,
 fractional basic units are always rounded to integers.
@@ -6157,7 +6160,7 @@ the check for the overfull line hasn't been done yet at 
the point where
 register which is even greater than the current line length.
 
 In the second input line, the insertion of @code{\h'0'} to emit an
-invisible zero-width space forces @code{troff} to check the line length
+invisible zero-width space forces @code{troff} to check the line length,
 which in turn causes the start of a new output line.  Now @code{.k}
 returns the expected value.
 @endDefreq
@@ -7744,7 +7747,7 @@ mode, and 0 in normal mode.
 Sometimes it may may be desirable to use the @code{tc} request to fill a
 particular tab stop with a given glyph (for example dots in a table of
 contents), but also normal tab stops on the rest of the line.  For this
address@hidden provides an alternate tab mechanism, called @dfn{leaders}
address@hidden provides an alternate tab mechanism, called @dfn{leaders},
 which does just that.
 
 @cindex leader character
@@ -11670,7 +11673,7 @@ Handle the parameters of a macro as if they were an 
argument to the
     @result{} $^=`" This is a "test"'
 @endExample
 
-This escape is useful mainly for macro packages like @file{trace.tmac}
+This escape is useful mainly for macro packages like @file{trace.tmac},
 which redefines some requests and macros for debugging purposes.
 @endDefesc
 
@@ -12138,8 +12141,8 @@ available drawing functions.
 
 The default scaling indicator for all subcommands of @code{\D} is
 @samp{m} for horizontal distances and @samp{v} for vertical ones.
-Exceptions are @address@hidden'f @dots{}'}} and @address@hidden't @dots{}'}}
-which use @code{u} as the default, and @address@hidden'address@hidden 
@dots{}'}}
+Exceptions are @address@hidden'f @dots{}'}} and @address@hidden't @dots{}'}},
+which use @code{u} as the default, and @address@hidden'address@hidden 
@dots{}'}},
 which arguments are treated similar to the @code{defcolor} request.
 
 @table @code
@@ -12322,9 +12325,9 @@ command @code{\D'Fd'} doesn't take an argument.
 Examples:
 
 @Example
address@hidden
 \D'Fg .3'      \" same gray as \D'f 700'
 \D'Fr #0000ff' \" blue
address@hidden
 @end table
 @endDefesc
 
@@ -13753,8 +13756,8 @@ print out the @code{nr} requests which set the number 
registers
 the @code{so} request.
 
 For most practical purposes, the number registers @code{seconds},
address@hidden, and @code{hours} which are initialized at start-up of
address@hidden should be sufficient.  Use the @code{af} request to get a
address@hidden, and @code{hours}, which are initialized at start-up of
address@hidden, should be sufficient.  Use the @code{af} request to get a
 formatted output:
 
 @Example
@@ -14181,7 +14184,7 @@ empty); diversions and strings can contain elements in 
both lists.
 
 Note that the @code{chop} request simply reduces the number of elements
 in a macro, string, or diversion by one.  Exceptions are
address@hidden save} and @dfn{compatibility ignore} input tokens
address@hidden save} and @dfn{compatibility ignore} input tokens,
 which are ignored.  The @code{substring} request also ignores those
 input tokens.
 
@@ -16780,6 +16783,7 @@ point size is @address@hidden points.
 @kindex unscaled_charwidths
 Make the font handling module always return unscaled character widths.
 Needed for the @code{grohtml} device.
+
 @item use_charnames_in_special
 @kindex use_charnames_in_special
 This command indicates that @code{gtroff} should encode special
@@ -16903,7 +16907,7 @@ the only exception is @samp{\-} which is identical to 
@code{\[-]}.
 have difficulties with eight-bit characters.  For this reason, there is
 a convention that the entity name @address@hidden is equivalent to
 the single input character whose code address@hidden@var{n}.  For example,
address@hidden would be equivalent to the character with address@hidden
address@hidden would be equivalent to the character with address@hidden,
 which is the pounds sterling sign in the address@hidden@w{Latin-1} character
 set.  You shouldn't use @address@hidden entities in font description
 files since they are related to input, not output.  Otherwise, you get



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