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[groff] 01/01: groff_man.5.man: Make editorial fixes.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 01/01: groff_man.5.man: Make editorial fixes.
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 12:00:52 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 68a8345ca5ac8c538f9f9c354c2dc2facf5d1ca0
Author: G. Branden Robinson <address@hidden>
Date:   Sun Sep 1 01:54:39 2019 +1000

    groff_man.5.man: Make editorial fixes.
    
    * Hyphenate attributive adjective phrase.
    * Clarify that section headers use a larger font size on troff-style
      devices only.
    * Shift forward reference to .IR and .RI to a more appropriate location
      in its sentence.
---
 tmac/groff_man.7.man | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man b/tmac/groff_man.7.man
index d1c836c..9a35185 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ are described in subsection \(lqDeprecated features\(rq, 
below.
 .
 Each macro is described in a tagged paragraph.
 .
-Closely related macros,
+Closely-related macros,
 such as
 .B .EX
 and
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ is given no arguments,
 is set in bold
 (or the font specified by the string register
 .BR HF )
+and,
+on
+.IR troff -style
+output devices,
 slightly larger than the base font size.
 .
 Additionally,
@@ -1109,10 +1113,12 @@ such as file or path names with variable components;
 in such cases,
 follow the convention of mathematical typography:
 set the file or path name in italics as usual
+but use roman for the variable part
 (see
 .B .IR
+and
+.B .RI
 below),
-but use roman for the variable part,
 and italics again in running roman text when referring to the variable
 material.
 .



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