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[groff] 09/10: roff(7): Make style tweaks.
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 09/10: roff(7): Make style tweaks. |
Date: |
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 02:08:00 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 4dc4bf077db765fc966e04211d7a6fb2bfdd5d99
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Jan 20 16:31:19 2021 +1100
roff(7): Make style tweaks.
* Reduce mention of V6 troff(1) not having a request list to a comment;
it's more of a gripe from me in my efforts at historical research than
an important element of the narrative, and it breaks the chronological
progression besides.
* Recast a sentence to use the active voice and identify Ossanna as the
original author of CSTR #54.
* Swap word order; "formally" seems to bind more sensibly to "described"
than "installed".
* Remove extranous space.
---
man/roff.7.man | 14 +++++++-------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 8880a69..60e54bd 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ surviving documentation does not illustrate what requests
were
implemented at this time for C/A/T support;
the
.IR troff (1) \" AT&T
-man pages in Fourth Edition Unix
-(November 1973)\[em]and
-even Sixth (1975)\[em]do not feature a request list,
+man page in Fourth Edition Unix
+(November 1973)
+does not feature a request list, \" nor does V6 Unix troff(1) (1975)
unlike
.IR nroff (1). \" AT&T
.
@@ -466,11 +466,11 @@ single source tree.
.
.
.P
-The syntax of the input language to the
+Ossanna documented the syntax of the input language to the
.I nroff
and
.I troff
-programs was documented in the \[lq]Troff User's Manual\[rq],
+programs in the \[lq]Troff User's Manual\[rq],
first published in 1976,
with further revisions as late as 1992 by Kernighan.
.
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ A small and simple set of
.I roff
macros was first used for the manual pages of Version 4 Unix and
persisted for two further releases,
-but the first macro package to be formally installed and described was
+but the first macro package to be formally described and installed was
.I ms
by Lesk in Version 6.
.
@@ -1609,7 +1609,7 @@ formatting language.
.UE ,
GNU
.IR roff 's
-web site ,
+web site,
provides convenient access to
.IR groff 's
source code repository,
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