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[groff] 01/03: man pages: Fix style nit.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 01/03: man pages: Fix style nit.
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 22:17:05 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 6cf02ca216dadd8fcf4188654417cfe903879aef
Author: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
Date:   Tue Nov 27 20:35:23 2018 -0500

    man pages: Fix style nit.
    
    Write "different from" instead of "different to", or recast.
    
    Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
---
 contrib/hdtbl/groff_hdtbl.7.man | 2 +-
 man/groff.7.man                 | 6 +++---
 man/groff_diff.7.man            | 2 +-
 src/devices/grodvi/grodvi.1.man | 2 +-
 src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man | 2 +-
 src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man       | 2 +-
 6 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contrib/hdtbl/groff_hdtbl.7.man b/contrib/hdtbl/groff_hdtbl.7.man
index 35b3f54..0ae39a3 100644
--- a/contrib/hdtbl/groff_hdtbl.7.man
+++ b/contrib/hdtbl/groff_hdtbl.7.man
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ representation is
 .
 .
 .PP
-Here we see a difference to HTML tables: The number of columns must be
+Here we see a difference from HTML tables: The number of columns must be
 explicitly specified using the
 .CRI \[oq]cols= m\[cq]
 argument (or indirectly via the
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 577cdf4..6c4bd35 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -4614,8 +4614,8 @@ t after
 .SH COMPATIBILITY
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
-The differences of the groff language in comparison to classical troff
-as defined by
+The differences between the groff language and classical troff as
+defined by
 [CSTR\~#54]
 are documented in
 .BR groff_diff (@MAN7EXT@).
@@ -4654,7 +4654,7 @@ availability of the groff system.
 .
 .TP
 .BR groff_diff (@MAN7EXT@)
-the differences of the groff language as compared to classical roff.
+the differences between the groff language and classical troff
 .
 This is the authoritative document for the predefined language
 elements that are specific to groff.
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index 8bf03a8..1690bba 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -3128,7 +3128,7 @@ is called with the
 .B \-T
 command-line option, and zero otherwise.
 .
-This behaviour is different to Unix troff.
+This behaviour is different from Unix troff.
 .
 .P
 Fonts not listed in the
diff --git a/src/devices/grodvi/grodvi.1.man b/src/devices/grodvi/grodvi.1.man
index 1ca3aa9..4c07ce2 100644
--- a/src/devices/grodvi/grodvi.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/grodvi/grodvi.1.man
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ Macros to switch to EC fonts.
 .
 Dvi files produced by
 .B grodvi
-use a different resolution (57816 units per inch) to those produced by
+use a different resolution (57816 units per inch) from those produced by
 \*(tx.
 .
 Incorrectly written drivers which assume the resolution used by \*(tx,
diff --git a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
index 72da2b4..14ff660 100644
--- a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ of\~0) cannot be printed.
 .
 .
 .LP
-Color handling is different compared to
+Color handling differs from
 .BR grops (@MAN1EXT@).
 .B \[rs]M
 doesn't set the fill color for closed graphic objects (which
diff --git a/src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man b/src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man
index f0c895c..d463f11 100644
--- a/src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/grn/grn.1.man
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ correctly by either version of
 or
 .IR @address@hidden .
 .
-The other difference to the
+The other difference from
 .IR SUN / X11
 format is the use of names for picture objects (e.g., POLYGON, CURVE)
 instead of numbers.



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