[groff] 01/05: Fix minor documentation problems.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit c62e62187df7e7939be8908d926dc020a1a24e68
Author: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
Date:   Sun Nov 11 09:26:27 2018 -0500

    Fix minor documentation problems.
    
        Corrections courtesy of Dave <barx> via Savannah.  Thanks, Dave!
    
        * PROBLEMS:
        * doc/groff.texi: Fix typos.
    
        * doc/groff.texi:
          + Hyphenate "non-negative" as the rest of our documentation
            does.
          + Tighten wording.
    
        * doc/meref.me: Place less emphasis on the near-synonymy of
          macros and strings.
    
        * doc/pic.ms: Delete repeated phrase.
    
        Fixes most of <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?54959>.
    
    Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
---
 PROBLEMS       |  2 +-
 doc/groff.texi | 12 ++++++------
 doc/meref.me   |  2 +-
 doc/pic.ms     |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PROBLEMS b/PROBLEMS
index e7e12ad..8710a12 100644
--- a/PROBLEMS
+++ b/PROBLEMS
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ and make the font path known to ghostscript, e.g. with 
(ksh):
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-* Currently (December 2015) building groff failes on NetBSD and
+* Currently (December 2015) building groff fails on NetBSD and
   FreeBSD with the message:
 
   make[1]: don't know how to make contrib/chem/chem.1. Stop
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 8a7d56d..c193be0 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -5867,7 +5867,7 @@ possible, but it is better not to use this feature to 
avoid confusion.
 @cindex @code{\r}, used as delimiter
 @cindex @code{\t}, used as delimiter
 @cindex @code{\u}, used as delimiter
-The following escapes sequences (which are handled similarly to
+The following escape sequences (which are handled similarly to
 characters since they don't take a parameter) are also allowed as
 delimiters: @code{\%}, @address@hidden }}, @code{\|}, @code{\^}, 
@address@hidden,
 @address@hidden, @code{\'}, @code{\`}, @code{\-}, @code{\_}, @code{\!},
@@ -7545,7 +7545,7 @@ the values is used.
 
 @cindex extra post-vertical line space register (@code{.a})
 The @code{.a} read-only number register contains the most recent
-(nonnegative) extra vertical line space.
+(non-negative) extra vertical line space.
 
 Using @code{\x} can be necessary in combination with the @code{\b}
 escape, as the following example shows.
@@ -8969,8 +8969,8 @@ to @var{font} (one-character address@hidden@var{f}, 
two-character name
 
 If @var{font} is a style name (as set with the @code{sty} request or
 with the @code{styles} command in the @file{DESC} file), use it within
-the current font family (as set with the @code{fam} request, @code{\F}
-escape, or with the @code{family} command in the @file{DESC} file).
+the current font family (as set with the @code{fam} request, the
address@hidden escape, or the @code{family} command in the @file{DESC} file).
 
 It is not possible to switch to a font with the name @samp{DESC}
 (whereas this name could be used as a style name; however, this is not
@@ -9316,7 +9316,7 @@ non-negative integer.
 If @var{nnn} is associated with a style (as set with the @code{sty}
 request or with the @code{styles} command in the @file{DESC} file), use
 it within the current font family (as set with the @code{fam} request,
-the @code{\F} escape, or with the @code{family} command in the
+the @code{\F} escape, or the @code{family} command in the
 @file{DESC} file).
 
 @Example
@@ -10324,7 +10324,7 @@ q\,\f[I]f
 
 @Defesc {\\&, , , }
 Insert a zero-width character, which is invisible.  Its intended use is
-to stop interaction of a character with its surrounding.
+to stop interaction of a character with its surroundings.
 
 @itemize @bullet
 @item
diff --git a/doc/meref.me b/doc/meref.me
index b21fe37..d8c744d 100644
--- a/doc/meref.me
+++ b/doc/meref.me
@@ -1791,7 +1791,7 @@ Footnote number, actually
 .ST [ \c
 .NR ($f \c
 .ST ] .
-This macro is incremented
+The number in this string is incremented
 after each call to
 .b .)f .
 .TL
diff --git a/doc/pic.ms b/doc/pic.ms
index 31b8351..b2fe884 100644
--- a/doc/pic.ms
+++ b/doc/pic.ms
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ Naming Objects
 .PP
 The most natural way to name locations in \fBpic\fP is relative to
 objects.
-In order to do this, you have to be able you have to be able to name
+In order to do this, you have to be able to name
 objects.
 The \fBpic\fP language has rich facilities for this that try to emulate
 the syntax of English.