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authorG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-05-22 10:28:57 -0500
committerG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-05-22 10:28:57 -0500
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PROBLEMS: Fix content and style nits.
* Refer to "AT&T troff", not "ditroff". * Lightly recast the paper size item. * Add cross reference to groff(1) in paper size item since the man page has an entire subsection on paper size issues. * Say "application defaults files", not "application resource files". * Space around headings more consistently. * Update editor aid hint comment.
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@@ -431,18 +431,18 @@ available in the devps directory.
that the length of a page (as returned by `\n(.p') is 11 inches.
This is intentional. The PAGE option during configuration is used
-only by grops. For compatibility with ditroff, the default page
-length in gtroff is always 11 inches. The page length can be changed
+only by grops. For compatibility with AT&T troff, the default page
+length in GNU troff is always 11 inches. The page length can be changed
with the `pl' request.
A convenient way to set paper dimensions is to use the -dpaper option
of groff, together with proper -P options for the postprocessor
-(overriding the default). For example, use the following for PS
-output on A4 paper in landscape orientation:
+(overriding the default). For example, use the following command for
+PostScript output on A4 paper in landscape orientation.
groff -Tps -dpaper=a4l -P-pa4 -P-l -ms foo.ms > foo.ps
-See groff_tmac(5) for more information.
+See groff(1) and groff_tmac(5) for more information.
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@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ passed a good `--appresdir=<DIR>' argument to groff's configure
script.
See the X(7) man page for information how and where application
-resource files have to be located. Look for the XAPPLRESDIR and
+defaults files have to be located. Look for the XAPPLRESDIR and
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH environment variables.
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@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ To get PostScript output from `man -t', you also need to create a
Compilation Problems
====================
+
+
* I get warnings about special characters in the groff_char(7) man page.
troff:man/groff_char.7:1000: warning: can't find special character '.j'
@@ -1055,4 +1057,4 @@ Local Variables:
fill-column: 72
mode: text
End:
-vim: set textwidth=72:
+vim: set autoindent textwidth=72: