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[groff] 12/24: doc/groff.text (Text): Tighten wording.
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G. Branden Robinson |
Subject: |
[groff] 12/24: doc/groff.text (Text): Tighten wording. |
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Tue, 27 Dec 2022 04:22:44 -0500 (EST) |
gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.
commit bdf66479283da5ebff9931ac85d6133c7eb30c95
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sun Dec 25 16:38:58 2022 -0600
doc/groff.text (Text): Tighten wording.
---
doc/groff.texi | 18 ++++++++----------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 4ed946cb6..64b09780d 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -4910,16 +4910,14 @@ not interested in details.
@acronym{AT&T} @code{troff} was designed to take input as it would be
composed on a typewriter, including the teletypewriters used as early
-computer terminals, and relieve the user of having to be concerned
-during the drafting process with the precise line length that the final
-version of the document would use, where words should be hyphenated, and
-how to achieve straight margins on both the left and right sides of the
-page. Early in its development, the program gained the ability to
-prepare output for a phototypesetter; a document could then be prepared
-for output to either a teletypewriter, a phototypesetter, or both. GNU
-@code{troff} continues this tradition of permitting an author to compose
-a single master version of a document which can then be rendered for a
-variety of output formats or devices.
+computer terminals, and relieve the user drafting a document of concern
+with details like line length, hyphenation breaking, and the achievement
+of straight margins. Early in its development, the program gained the
+ability to prepare output for a phototypesetter; a document could then
+be prepared for output to either a teletypewriter, a phototypesetter, or
+both. GNU @code{troff} continues this tradition of permitting an author
+to compose a single master version of a document which can then be
+rendered for a variety of output formats or devices.
@code{roff} input files contain text interspersed with instructions to
control the formatter. Even in the absence of such instructions, GNU
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