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[groff] 26/30: [docs]: Fix style nits.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 26/30: [docs]: Fix style nits.
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 03:03:11 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 27a7e6fc812aa1ad83a235e89c76418300981a3c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Jul 10 00:56:29 2024 -0500

    [docs]: Fix style nits.
    
    * doc/groff.texi.in:
    * man/roff.7.man:
    * src/roff/groff/groff.1.man: Use more idiomatic phrasing.
    
    * man/groff.7.man: Tighten wording.
---
 doc/groff.texi.in          | 4 ++--
 man/groff.7.man            | 4 ++--
 man/roff.7.man             | 2 +-
 src/roff/groff/groff.1.man | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index e76180b08..99c386b2d 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -1399,8 +1399,8 @@ the utilities @command{indxbib} and @command{lookbib}.
 
 @item GROFF_ENCODING
 @tindex GROFF_ENCODING@r{, environment variable}
-Specify the assumed character encoding of input.  @command{groff} passes
-its value as an argument to the @command{preconv} preprocessor's
+Specify the assumed character encoding of the input.  @command{groff}
+passes its value as an argument to the @command{preconv} preprocessor's
 @option{-e} option.  This variable's existence implies the
 @command{groff} option @option{-k}.  If set but empty, @command{groff}
 runs @code{preconv} without an @option{-e} option.  @command{groff}'s
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index a3e6637ae..1cb399d4a 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ a program that reads device and font descriptions
 .MR groff_font @MAN5EXT@ ),
 interprets the
 .I groff
-language expressed in text input,
-and translates that input into a device-independent output format
+language expressed in input text,
+translating it to a device-independent output format
 (\c
 .MR groff_out @MAN5EXT@ )
 that is usually then post-processed by an output driver to produce
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index 60bd62e3d..f36a3d55e 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ to ignore the remainder of the input line.
 .
 .IP \[bu]
 Use the empty request\[em]a control character followed immediately by a
-newline\[em]to visually manage separation of material in input.
+newline\[em]to visually manage separation of material in the input.
 .
 Many of the
 .I groff
diff --git a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
index 122c0eba9..19f49379f 100644
--- a/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
+++ b/src/roff/groff/groff.1.man
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ and
 .
 .TP
 .I GROFF_ENCODING
-Specify the assumed character encoding of input.
+Specify the assumed character encoding of the input.
 .
 .I groff
 passes its value as an argument to



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