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[groff] 18/41: groff(7): Fix style nit and improve precision.
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 18/41: groff(7): Fix style nit and improve precision. |
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Sat, 5 Mar 2022 16:06:16 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit 451ba241488cde88901c84fa8ffbe20d23cdf686
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Mar 4 16:25:27 2022 +1100
groff(7): Fix style nit and improve precision.
* Expression parentheses apply to (sub)expressions, not operators.
* String _interpolations_ carry parameters, not the strings themselves.
* Remove redundancy.
---
man/groff.7.man | 11 ++++-------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index d2d774d7..932d37f2 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -379,10 +379,7 @@ follows it.
.
The
.request .cc
-can change the control character;
-if thus used,
-.RB \[lq] . \[rq]
-loses its special properties.
+request can change the control character.
.
.
.IP \[aq]
@@ -751,7 +748,7 @@ Use
.B (
and
.B )
-to specify operator precedence.
+to specify the precedence of sub-expressions.
.
Parentheses also permit the use of spaces between operators and their
arguments.
@@ -5440,8 +5437,8 @@ returning to the enclosing context.
.SS Parameters
.\" ====================================================================
.
-Macro call and string parameters can be accessed using escape sequences
-starting with
+Macro call and string interpolation parameters can be accessed using
+escape sequences starting with
.RB \[lq] \[rs]$ \[rq].
.
The
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