[groff] 07/49: [troff]: Tweak diagnostic messages.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 0392186165384659b2a00e0e89ccc4ca789ff6de
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Sep 18 13:10:59 2022 -0500

    [troff]: Tweak diagnostic messages.
    
    * src/roff/troff/input.cpp (token::description, input_char_description):
      Consistently use articles in descriptive noun phrases.
---
 ChangeLog                |  8 ++++++++
 src/roff/troff/input.cpp | 14 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b72ec4100..4661d7d7e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2022-09-18  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
+
+       [troff]: Tweak diagnostic messages.
+
+       * src/roff/troff/input.cpp (token::description)
+       (input_char_description): Consistently use articles in
+       descriptive noun phrases.
+
 2022-09-18  G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
 
        [troff]: Tweak diagnostic messages.
diff --git a/src/roff/troff/input.cpp b/src/roff/troff/input.cpp
index 3c6c39e37..749f9694a 100644
--- a/src/roff/troff/input.cpp
+++ b/src/roff/troff/input.cpp
@@ -2423,7 +2423,7 @@ const char *token::description()
   case TOKEN_MARK_INPUT:
     return "'\\k'";
   case TOKEN_NEWLINE:
-    return "newline";
+    return "a newline";
   case TOKEN_NODE:
     return "a node";
   case TOKEN_NUMBERED_CHAR:
@@ -6650,17 +6650,17 @@ const char *input_char_description(int c)
 {
   switch (c) {
   case '\n':
-    return "newline character";
+    return "a newline character";
   case '\b':
-    return "backspace character";
+    return "a backspace character";
   case '\001':
-    return "leader character";
+    return "a leader character";
   case '\t':
-    return "tab character";
+    return "a tab character";
   case ' ':
-    return "space character";
+    return "a space character";
   case '\0':
-    return "node";
+    return "a node";
   }
   size_t bufsz = sizeof "magic character code "  + INT_DIGITS + 1;
   // repeat expression; no VLAs in ISO C++