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[groff] 12/23: pic(1): Fix content, style, and markup nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 12/23: pic(1): Fix content, style, and markup nits.
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:07:41 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit a675fcbb9a5702be5c34855ec19763fac151ac90
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Sep 13 11:53:50 2022 -0500

    pic(1): Fix content, style, and markup nits.
    
    Content:
    * Be more specific regarding the baseline version of AT&T pic against
      which differences are enumerated.
    * Identify original publication year of CSTR #116.
    
    Style:
    * Set "ps2eps" program name in italics, not bold.
    
    Markup:
    * Adjust dead-tree typography.
    * Migrate some paragraphing macros from `LP` to `P`.
---
 src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man b/src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man
index 1bffc15fd..4a1a9c325 100644
--- a/src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/pic/pic.1.man
@@ -320,13 +320,14 @@ is device-independent.
 .SH Usage
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
-This section describes only the differences between GNU
+This section primarily discusses the differences between GNU
 .I pic \" GNU
-and the original version of
-.IR pic . \" AT&T
+and the Eighth Edition Research Unix version of AT&T
+.I pic \" AT&T
+(1985).
 .
-Many of these differences also apply to newer versions of AT&T
-.BR pic .
+Many of these differences also apply to later versions of AT&T
+.IR pic .
 .
 .
 .\" ====================================================================
@@ -1418,7 +1419,9 @@ papersize to
 .IR groff .
 .
 .
-.LP
+.br
+.ne 3v
+.P
 As the Encapsulated PostScript File Format
 .B EPS
 is getting more and more important,
@@ -1500,15 +1503,16 @@ is part of the
 distribution.
 .
 .
-.LP
+.P
 \[lq]PIC\[em]A Graphics Language for Typesetting: User Manual\[rq],
 by Brian W.\& Kernighan,
-1991,
+1984
+(revised 1991),
 AT&T Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report No.\& 116
 .
 .
-.LP
-.B ps2eps
+.P
+.I ps2eps
 is available from CTAN mirrors, e.g.,
 .UR ftp://\:ftp\:.dante\:.de/\:tex\-archive/\:support/\:ps2eps/
 .UE



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