Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to

[Ted Harding]

On 22-Jan-11 11:03:47, Deri James wrote:
> On Saturday 22 Jan 2011 09:54:45 Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> >>   "The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to
>> >>   
>> >>      ¡.end¢."
>> >> 
>> >> For me this sentence is difficult to understand, although the
>> >> meaning is obvious.
>> > 
>> > It was the same thing for me, I couldn't exactly understand this
>> > until I saw examples in om.tmac.
>> 
>> Any improvement in the wording is highly welcomed.
>> 
>> 
>>     Werner
> 
> Well, I'm welsh! How about:-
> 
> "If the optional second argument to de is present it is used
> as the macro closure command instead of `..'"
> 
> Cheers 
> Deri

Iechyd da! That looks good. I'd perhaps suggest "request" rather
than "command" (in line with basic groff terminology):

  "If the optional second argument to de is present it is used
  as the macro closure request instead of `..'"

Ted (Saesneg).

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