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[groff] 05/14: tbl(1): Say decimal "separator", not "point".
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G. Branden Robinson |
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[groff] 05/14: tbl(1): Say decimal "separator", not "point". |
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Mon, 1 Nov 2021 09:19:38 -0400 (EDT) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit a0ec5ffd258b9f54daa46b88471ec837e8213ad1
Author: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
AuthorDate: Sun Oct 31 00:42:09 2021 +0000
tbl(1): Say decimal "separator", not "point".
Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?61371>.
---
src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
index fb577f0..045b79d 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Each cell in a column is classified by being
centered,
left-aligned,
numeric
-(aligned to a decimal point),
+(aligned to a decimal separator),
and so on.
.
This specification can have several lines,
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ extension).
.
.TP
.BI decimalpoint( c )
-Set the character to be recognized as the decimal point in numeric
+Set the character to be recognized as the decimal separator in numeric
columns
(GNU
.I tbl \" exception
@@ -1141,16 +1141,16 @@ sees the input earlier than
.IR \%@g@troff .
.
For example,
-number formatting with vertically aligned decimal points fails if those
-numbers are passed on as macro parameters because decimal point
-alignment is handled by
+number formatting with vertically aligned decimal separators fails if
+those numbers are passed on as macro parameters
+because decimal separator alignment is handled by
.I \%@g@tbl
itself:
it only sees
.BR \[rs]$1 ,
.BR \[rs]$2 ,
etc.,
-and therefore can't recognize the decimal point.
+and therefore can't recognize the decimal separator.
.
.
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