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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 10/14: [docs]: Stop saying "'current' output device". |
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Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:41:17 -0400 (EDT) |
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commit c49261570838f3dabae491480e32282a8fa28fee
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 12 22:03:13 2021 +1000
[docs]: Stop saying "'current' output device".
No roff system I've ever heard of supports changing the output device
during the lifetime of the formatter process, and groff is no different.
---
NEWS | 2 +-
doc/groff.texi | 16 ++++++++--------
man/groff_diff.7.man | 2 +-
3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e226c2..f2908e9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ Previously, the text after \fP appeared as bold.
The `substring' request is not new, but hasn't been documented before.
-The predefined `.T' string register (which holds the current output
+The predefined `.T' string register (which holds the name of the output
device) is not new, but hasn't been documented before.
A new request `length' computes the length of a string and returns it in
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 208a021..83d65c0 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -1282,10 +1282,10 @@ and a postprocessor (@code{post-grohtml}).
@cindex output device name string (@code{.T})
@cindex output device usage register (@code{.T})
-The predefined @code{gtroff} string @code{.T} contains the
-current output device; the read-only register @code{.T} is set to@tie{}1
-if this option is used (which is always true if @code{groff} is used to
-call @code{gtroff}). @xref{Built-in Registers}.
+The predefined GNU @code{troff} string @code{.T} contains the name of
+the output device; the read-only register @code{.T} is set to@tie{}1 if
+this option is used (which is always true if @code{groff} is used to
+call GNU @code{troff}). @xref{Built-in Registers}.
The postprocessor to be used for a device is specified by the
@code{postpro} command in the device description file. (@xref{Device
@@ -10958,10 +10958,10 @@ Some devices may only have certain permissible sizes,
in which case
file specifies which sizes are permissible for the device.
Use the @code{sizes} request to change the permissible sizes for the
-current output device. Arguments are in scaled points; the
-@code{sizescale} line in the @file{DESC} file for the output device
-provides the scaling factor. For example, if the scaling factor is
-1000, then the value 12000 is 12@tie{}points.
+output device. Arguments are in scaled points; the @code{sizescale}
+line in the @file{DESC} file for the output device provides the scaling
+factor. For example, if the scaling factor is 1000, then the value
+12000 is 12@tie{}points.
Each argument can be a single point size (such as @samp{12000}), or a
range of sizes (such as @samp{4000-72000}). You can optionally end the
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index f073742..125bfac 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -4088,7 +4088,7 @@ predefines a string,
containing the argument given to the
.B \-T
command-line option,
-namely the current output device
+namely the output device
(for example,
.B pdf
or
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