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diff --git a/contrib/groffer/groffer.1.man b/contrib/groffer/groffer.1.man
index f9d84cd1b..3a1464887 100644
--- a/contrib/groffer/groffer.1.man
+++ b/contrib/groffer/groffer.1.man
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ available for
.IR \%groff .
.
This includes the
+X Window System-based
.I \%groff
-native \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP viewer
+program
.BR \%gxditview (@MAN1EXT@),
each
.IR \%PostScript ,
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ are accepted as well.
.
.
.TP
-.I X Window Toolkit options
+.I options mapped to X Window System Toolkit Intrinsics options
.RS
.P
.SY
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ The default modes are
.IR "mode x" ,
and
.I "mode dvi"
-in \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP with different viewers and
+in the X Window System with different viewers and
.I mode tty
with device
.I utf8
@@ -530,25 +531,25 @@ default mode do not exist.
.
.
.P
-In \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP, many programs create their own window when
+In the X Window System, many programs create their own window when
called.
.
.B \%groffer
can run these viewers as an independent program in the background.
.
As this does not work in text mode on a terminal (tty) there must be a
-way to know which viewers are \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP graphical
+way to know which viewers are X Window System-based graphical
programs.
.
The
.B \%groffer
-script has a small set of information on some viewer names.
+script has a small amount of information on some viewer names.
.
If a viewer argument of the command\-line chooses an element that is
-kept as \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP program in this list it is treated as a
-viewer that can run in the background.
+recognized as an X Window System-based program in this list, it is
+treated as a viewer that can run in the background.
.
-All other, unknown viewer calls are not run in the background.
+Unrecognized viewers are not run in the background.
.
.
.P
@@ -592,8 +593,8 @@ to the comma separated list given in the argument.
.
See
.B \-\-mode
-for details on modes. Display in the default manner; actually, this
-means to try the modes
+for details on modes.
+Display in the default manner; actually, this means to try the modes
.IR x ,
.IR ps ,
and
@@ -607,9 +608,9 @@ in this sequence.
Equivalent to
.BR \-\-mode=\%dvi .
.
-Known \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP
+Known
.I \%DVI
-viewers include
+viewers for the X Window System include
.BR \%xdvi (1)
and
.BR \%dvilx (1).
@@ -765,7 +766,7 @@ by default, can be chosen with option
Format in a
.I \%groff\~text\~mode
and write the result to standard output using a text pager program,
-even when in \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP.
+even when in the X Window System.
.
.
.TP
@@ -784,7 +785,7 @@ By default, the formatted input is displayed with the
.BR \%gxditview (@MAN1EXT@)
program being distributed together with
.BR \%groff .
-But the standard \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP tool
+But the legacy X Window System application
.BR \%xditview (1)
can also be chosen with the option
.BR \-\-viewer .
@@ -1486,15 +1487,15 @@ Equivalent to
.
.
.\" ====================================================================
-.SS "X\~\%Window\~\%Toolkit Options"
+.SS "X Window System Toolkit Intrinsics Options"
.\" ====================================================================
.
The following long options were adapted from the corresponding
-\%\f(CRX\~Window\~Toolkit\fP options.
+X Window System Toolkit Intrinsics options.
.
.B \%groffer
will pass them to the actual viewer program if it is an
-\%\f(CRX\~Window\fP program.
+X Window System program.
.
Otherwise these options are ignored.
.
@@ -1510,14 +1511,15 @@ options, for example,
.B \%groffer
uses the option
.B \-\-font
-for the \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP option
+for the X Window System Toolkit Intrinsics option
.BR \-font .
.
.
.P
See
.BR X (7)
-and the documentation on the \%\f(CRX\~Window\~Toolkit\fP options
+and the manual
+.I "X Toolkit Intrinsics \(en C Language Interface"
for more details on these options and their arguments.
.
.
@@ -1557,9 +1559,12 @@ window.
.
.TP
.BI \-\-display \ X-display
-Set the \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP display on which the viewer program
-shall be started, see the \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP documentation for the
-syntax of the argument.
+Set the X Window System display on which the viewer program
+shall be started, see
+.BR X (7),
+section
+.IR "Display Names" ,
+for the syntax of the argument.
.
.
.TP
@@ -1583,7 +1588,7 @@ This is equivalent to
.BI \-\-font \ font_name
Set the font used by the viewer window.
.
-The argument is an \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP font name.
+The argument is an X Window System font name.
.
.
.TP
@@ -1598,13 +1603,15 @@ Set the geometry of the display window, that means its size and its
starting position.
.
See
-.BR \%X (7)
+.BR \%X (7),
+section
+.IR "Geometry Management" ,
for the syntax of the argument.
.
.
.TP
.BI \-\-resolution \ value
-Set \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP resolution in dpi (dots per inch) in some
+Set X Window System resolution in dpi (dots per inch) in some
viewer programs.
.
The only supported dpi values are
@@ -1632,7 +1639,7 @@ Set the title for the viewer window.
.
.TP
.BI \-\-xrm \ 'resource'
-Set \f(CR\%X\~Window\fP resource.
+Set the X Window System server resource to the given value.
.
.
.\" ====================================================================
@@ -2001,8 +2008,8 @@ option
.
.
.P
-Several different modes are offered, graphical modes for
-\f(CR\%X\~Window\fP,
+Several different modes are offered: graphical modes for
+the X Window System,
.IR \%text\~modes ,
and some direct
.I \%groff\~modes
@@ -2036,7 +2043,7 @@ and the decompression of the input are active in every mode.
.SS "Graphical Display Modes"
.\" ====================================================================
.
-The graphical display modes work mostly in the \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP
+The graphical display modes work mostly in the X Window System
environment (or similar implementations within other windowing
environments).
.
@@ -2045,11 +2052,11 @@ The environment variable
.B \%$DISPLAY
and the option
.B \-\-display
-are used for specifying the \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP display to be used.
+are used for specifying the X Window System display to be used.
.
-If this environment variable is empty
+If this environment variable is empty,
.B \%groffer
-assumes that no \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP is running and changes to a
+assumes that the X Window System is not running and changes to a
.IR \%text\~mode .
.
You can change this automatic behavior by the option
@@ -2058,7 +2065,7 @@ You can change this automatic behavior by the option
.
.P
Known viewers for the graphical display modes and their standard
-\%\f(CRX\~Window\fP viewer programs are
+X Window System viewer programs are
.
.IP \*(BU 2m
in a PDF viewer
@@ -2083,7 +2090,7 @@ in a PostScript viewer
.hy
.
.IP \*(BU 2m
-\%\f(CRX\~Window\fP
+X Window System
.I roff
viewers such as
.BR \%gxditview (@MAN1EXT@)
@@ -2112,12 +2119,12 @@ format, so it was not chosen as the major mode.
.
.P
These graphical viewers can be customized by options of the
-\%\f(CRX\~Window\~Toolkit\fP.
+X Window System Toolkit Intrinsics.
.
But the
.B \%groffer
options use a leading double minus instead of the single minus used by
-the \%\f(CRX\~Window\~Toolkit\fP.
+the X Window System Toolkit Intrinsics.
.
.
.\" ====================================================================
@@ -2949,8 +2956,7 @@ The following variables have a special meaning for
.TP
.SM
.B \%$DISPLAY
-If this variable is set this indicates that the \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP
-system is running.
+If set, this variable indicates that the X Window System is running.
.
Testing this variable decides on whether graphical or text output is
generated.
@@ -2958,7 +2964,7 @@ generated.
This variable should not be changed by the user carelessly, but it can
be used to start the graphical
.B \%groffer
-on a remote \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP terminal.
+on a remote X Window System terminal.
.
For example, depending on your system,
.B \%groffer
@@ -3383,9 +3389,9 @@ in the directory
.BR /usr/local/share/doc/groff ,
using the standard viewer
.B \%gxditview
-as graphical viewer when in \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP, or the
+as graphical viewer when in the X Window System, or the
.BR \%less (1)
-pager program when not in \%\f(CRX\~Window\fP.
+pager program otherwise.
.
.sp
.EX