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[groff] 12/17: tbl(1): Tighten wording.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 12/17: tbl(1): Tighten wording.
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 03:39:58 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 04278d7c0d6b21796039b350658674991f614ce1
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Dec 3 01:53:03 2024 -0600

    tbl(1): Tighten wording.
    
    This is more concise and correct, on top of unstranding a line.
---
 src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man | 19 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
index 0ef89b165..b94ceb90d 100644
--- a/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
+++ b/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man
@@ -1237,15 +1237,15 @@ it can be placed within a
 .
 .P
 .I @g@tbl
-interprets a table entry beginning with
+interprets a table entry of
 .RB \[lq] T{ \[rq]
-at the end of an input line not as table data,
-but as a token starting a text block.
+at the end of an input line specially,
+as a token starting a text block.
 .
 Similarly,
+an entry
 .RB \[lq] T} \[rq]
-at the start of an input line ends a text block;
-it must also end the table entry.
+at the start of an input line ends a text block.
 .
 Text block tokens can share an input line with other table data
 (preceding
@@ -1597,14 +1597,15 @@ if it encounters an error during operation.
 .SH Limitations
 .\" ====================================================================
 .
-In table entries that are not text blocks,
+Outside of text blocks,
 avoid use of
 .I roff
 escape sequences that read to the end of the line,
-like
+as
 .B \[rs]\[dq]
-or
-.BR \[rs]!\& .
+and
+.B \[rs]!\&
+do.
 .
 .
 .P



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