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diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi index a0e86a915..819bcf17b 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texi +++ b/doc/groff.texi @@ -8230,31 +8230,24 @@ disabled. Omitting the argument implies an @var{nnn} of @samp{1}. @cindex size of sentence space register (@code{.sss}) @cindex space between sentences register (@code{.sss}) Set the sizes of spaces between words and -sentences.@footnote{@xref{Filling} and @ref{Sentences} for the -definitions of word and sentence boundaries, respectively.} Their units -are twelfths of the space width of the current font. Initially both the -@var{word-space-size} and @var{additional-sentence-space-size} -are@tie{}12. Negative values are not permitted. The request is ignored -if there are no arguments. - +sentences@footnote{Recall @ref{Filling} and @ref{Sentences} for the +definitions of word and sentence boundaries, respectively.} in twelfths +of current font's space width (usually one-third em for Western +scripts). Initially, both the @var{word-space-size} and +@var{additional-sentence-space-size} are@tie{}12. Negative values are +erroneous. @cindex inter-word spacing, minimal @cindex minimal inter-word spacing @cindex space, between words The first argument, the inter-word space size, is a minimum; if an output line undergoes adjustment, such spaces may increase in width. - @cindex inter-sentence space, additional @cindex additional inter-sentence space @cindex space, between sentences The optional second argument sets the amount of additional space separating sentences on the same output line. If omitted, this amount -is set to @var{word-space-size}. - -The read-only registers @code{.ss} and @code{.sss} hold the values of -minimal inter-word space and additional inter-sentence space, -respectively. These parameters are associated with the environment -(@pxref{Environments}), and rounded down to the nearest multiple -of@tie{}12 on terminal output devices. +is set to @var{word-space-size}. The request is ignored if there are no +parameters. @cindex filling, and inter-sentence space @cindex mode, fill, and inter-sentence space @@ -8268,6 +8261,12 @@ inter-sentence space is not adjusted, but the inter-word space that always precedes it may be. Further input spaces after the second, if present, are adjusted as normal. +The read-only registers @code{.ss} and @code{.sss} hold the minimal +inter-word space and additional inter-sentence space amounts, +respectively. These parameters are part of the environment +(@pxref{Environments}), and rounded down to the nearest multiple +of@tie{}12 on terminals. + @cindex discardable horizontal space @cindex space, discardable, horizontal @cindex horizontal discardable space |