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[groff] 01/02: groff_man(7): Make clarifications.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 01/02: groff_man(7): Make clarifications.
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 08:21:38 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 42ba74da04e9ac7de142afc39ddebdd2fa8fc7f9
Author: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
Date:   Thu Jun 21 08:13:05 2018 -0400

    groff_man(7): Make clarifications.
    
    * .SY/.YS: Turns off and restores hyphenation.
    * Fix clunky language in mixed subjunctive and declarative moods.
    
    Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
---
 tmac/groff_man.7.man | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man b/tmac/groff_man.7.man
index 8329120..2499ba6 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man
@@ -873,12 +873,14 @@ is set with a hanging indentation of the width of
 .I command
 plus a space.
 .
+Hyphenation is turned off.
+.
 .
 .TP
 .B .YS
 End synopsis.
 .
-Restore normal indentation.
+Restores indentation and hyphenation to previous values.
 .
 .
 .PP
@@ -991,8 +993,8 @@ Some man pages use a brace-and-pipe notation such as
 to indicate that one and only one of the \(lq|\(rq-separated items
 within the braces must be input.
 .
-If this braced construct were furthermore surrounded by brackets,
-then the meaning is that at most one of the items would be accepted.
+If this braced construct is furthermore surrounded by square brackets,
+it means that at most one of the items is accepted.
 .
 .
 .IP



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