[groff] 31/35: groff_char(7): Fix style nits.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 851c8b33b961a4cca9a920862d730c1e551c5d45
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 21 05:03:06 2022 +1100

    groff_char(7): Fix style nits.
    
    * Migrate terminology: "escape" -> "escape sequence".
    * The ASCII "-" character was put to several _distinguishable_ uses, not
      (necessarily) conflicting ones.
    * Tighten wording.
---
 man/groff_char.7.man | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/groff_char.7.man b/man/groff_char.7.man
index 784f7e03..bcdf3d9f 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.7.man
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ but since it is also used by
 .I roff
 systems to quote macro arguments,
 .I groff
-supports a special character escape as an alternative form so that
-the glyph can be easily included in macro arguments without requiring
-the user to master the quoting rules that AT&T
+supports a special character escape sequence as an alternative form so
+that the glyph can be easily included in macro arguments without
+requiring the user to master the quoting rules that AT&T
 .I troff
 required in that context.
 .
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ not all of the special character escape sequences are 
portable to AT&T
 and all of its descendants;
 these
 .I groff
-extensions are presented using its special character escape form
+extensions are presented using its special character form
 .BR \[rs][] ,
 whereas portable special character escape sequences are shown in the
 traditional
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ _
 The hyphen-minus is a particularly unfortunate case of overloading.
 .
 Its awkward name in ISO 8859 and later standards reflects the many
-conflicting purposes to which it had already been put by the 1980s,
+distinguishable purposes to which it had already been put by the 1980s,
 including
 a hyphen,
 a minus sign,
@@ -1525,8 +1525,8 @@ _
 .SS "Logical symbols"
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
-Whether the two variants of the not sign differ in appearance or spacing
-will depend on the device and font selected.
+The variants of the not sign may differ in appearance or spacing
+depending on the device and font selected.
 .
 .TS
 l l l lx.
@@ -1570,8 +1570,9 @@ the plus,
 minus,
 and equals signs.
 .
-Whether these variants differ in appearance or spacing will depend on
-the device and font selected.
+These variants may differ in appearance or spacing depending on the
+device and font selected.
+.
 .
 .P
 In AT&T