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[groff] 12/72: [docs]: Fix scaled points material content nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 12/72: [docs]: Fix scaled points material content nits.
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2022 22:25:35 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 17a6fdaa029730cccbbeb9ca0e1765f2e6ece601
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Oct 19 12:49:44 2022 -0500

    [docs]: Fix scaled points material content nits.
    
    * Point out that bracketed and delimited forms of \s accept explicit
      scaling units.
    
    Also:
    * Tighten wording.
    * (groff.texi) Bump document revision date.
    * (groff_diff.7.man) Quote multi-word subsection title.
---
 doc/groff.texi       | 16 ++++++++--------
 man/groff_diff.7.man |  7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 004b87dcc..19f6e8d61 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
 @title groff
 @subtitle The GNU implementation of @code{troff}
 @subtitle Edition 1.23.0
-@subtitle September 2022
+@subtitle October 2022
 @author Trent@tie{}A.@: Fisher
 @author Werner Lemberg
 @author G.@tie{}Branden Robinson
@@ -11783,9 +11783,9 @@ scaling units.
 @cindex @code{.ps} register, in comparison with @code{.psr}
 @cindex @code{.s} register, in comparison with @code{.sr}
 Output devices may be limited in the type sizes they can employ.  The
-@code{.s} and @code{.ps} registers represent the selected type size as
-fulfilled by output driver as it understands a device's capability.  The
-last @emph{requested} type size is interpolated in scaled points by the
+@code{.s} and @code{.ps} registers represent the type size selected by
+the output driver as it understands a device's capability.  The last
+@emph{requested} type size is interpolated in scaled points by the
 read-only register @code{.psr} and in points as a decimal fraction by
 the read-only string-valued register @code{.sr}.  Both are associated
 with the environment (@pxref{Environments}).
@@ -11796,10 +11796,10 @@ For example, if a type size of 10.95@dmn{pt} is 
requested, and a
 used by the output driver.
 @endDefreg
 
-The @code{\s} escape sequence offers the following syntax for working
-with fractional type sizes.  You may of course give them integral
-arguments.  The delimited forms need not use the neutral apostrophe; see
-@ref{Delimiters}.
+The @code{\s} escape sequence offers the following syntax forms that
+work with fractional type sizes and accept scaling units.  You may of
+course give them integral arguments.  The delimited forms need not use
+the neutral apostrophe; see @ref{Delimiters}.
 
 @table @code
 @item \s[@var{n}]
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index fe4f1d50a..c1efcd1a0 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ The
 .B .s
 and
 .B .ps
-registers represent the selected type size as fulfilled by output
-driver as it understands a device's capability.
+registers represent the type size as selected by the output driver as it
+understands a device's capability.
 .
 The last
 .I requested
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ ignore scaling units in the evaluation
 .
 .
 .\" ====================================================================
-.SS Conditional expressions
+.SS "Conditional expressions"
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
 More conditions can be tested with the
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ escape sequences
 .BR \[rs]f ,
 .BR \[rs]k ,
 .BR \[rs]n ,
+.BR \[rs]s ,
 .BR \[rs]$ ,
 and
 .BR \[rs]* ).



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