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[groff] 14/21: groff_man_style(7): Tighten wording.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 14/21: groff_man_style(7): Tighten wording.
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 07:51:23 -0400 (EDT)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 33cb2e8230e6c3fb02599db3db4ef110e5cc0a4c
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Jul 28 04:42:23 2023 -0500

    groff_man_style(7): Tighten wording.
    
    This un-strands the last line of the "Authors" paragraph.
    
    This problem underscores the essential limitation of the "poor man's
    keep" (.br, .ne).  When the end of a paragraph rather than the beginning
    is liable to stranding, the `ne` approach forces the whole thing to be
    set on a single page instead of breaking it late (but before its last
    output line).
    
    Urge to fix Savannah #62911...RISING!
    
    Also improve grammatical parallelism.
---
 tmac/groff_man.7.man.in | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
index da59d2fd0..ee8daeb19 100644
--- a/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
+++ b/tmac/groff_man.7.man.in
@@ -3668,7 +3668,7 @@ before any other macros.
 .
 A
 .I man
-program or user typing,
+program or a user typing,
 for example,
 .RB \[lq] "groff \-mandoc page.1" \[rq],
 need not know which package the file
@@ -3977,10 +3977,10 @@ values.
 .
 .
 .IP
-Another approach you can use with tagged paragraphs is to place an
+Another approach to tagged paragraphs places an
 .B .RS
-call immediately after the paragraph tag;
-this will also force a break regardless of the width of the tag,
+call immediately after the tag;
+this will also force a break regardless of the tag's width,
 which some authors prefer.
 .
 Follow-up paragraphs under the tag can then be set with



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