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author | esr <esr> | 2007-02-04 18:08:37 +0000 |
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committer | esr <esr> | 2007-02-04 18:08:37 +0000 |
commit | 86547034100843985ac2c58c31d8645c29127a6a (patch) | |
tree | 755b89a1ffcbb58ff3f971344b40eab38d56b7ea /man/groff_tmac.man | |
parent | a112070da160b3f9061f777530aa8fb79b4bb063 (diff) | |
download | groff-86547034100843985ac2c58c31d8645c29127a6a.tar.gz |
Fix some Germanisms and one macro-escape typo.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/groff_tmac.man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/groff_tmac.man | 33 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/man/groff_tmac.man b/man/groff_tmac.man index ecc1e41e..5f7cb92b 100644 --- a/man/groff_tmac.man +++ b/man/groff_tmac.man @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ Switch to the EC and TC font families. . To be used with .BR \%grodvi (@MAN1EXT@) -\[en] this man page also gives more details how to use it. +\[en] this man page also gives more details of how to use it. . . .TP @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ normal tty formatting to allow processing with critical equipment. . .TP .B www -Additions of elements known from the html format, as being used in the +Additions of elements known from the html format, as used in the internet (World Wide Web) pages; this includes URL links and mail addresses; see .BR groff_www (@MAN7EXT@). @@ -468,17 +468,17 @@ addresses; see .SH NAMING .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- . -In classical roff systems, there was a funny naming scheme for macro -packages, due to a simplistic design in option parsing. -. -Macro packages were always included by option +Classical roff systems were designed before the conventions of the +modern C +.BR getopt (3) +call evolved, and used a naming scheme for macro packages that looks +odd to modern eyes. Macro packages were always included with the option .BR -m ; when this option was directly followed by its argument without an intervening space, this looked like a long option preceded by a single minus \[em] a sensation in the computer stone age. -. -To make this optically working for macro package names, all classical -macro packages choose a name that started with the letter `m', +To make this invocation form work, classical troff +macro packages used names that started with the letter `m', which was omitted in the naming of the macro file. . . @@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ for short. .P For similar reasons, macro packages that did not start with an `m' had a leading `m' -added in the documentation and in talking; for example, the package +added in the documentation and in speech; for example, the package corresponding to .I tmac.doc was called @@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ and the name under which the macro was called is in .BR $0 , and the number of arguments is in register -.BR \n[.$] ; +.BR \en[.$] ; see .BR groff (@MAN7EXT@). . @@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ and macro calls (arbitrary whitespace after the leading dot). .SS "Diversions" .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- . -Diversions can be used to realize quite advanced programming +Diversions can be used to implement quite advanced programming constructs. . They are comparable to pointers to large data structures in the @@ -1010,11 +1010,10 @@ diversion just like a macro. . . .P -Most of the problems arising with diversions can be avoided if you are -conscious about the fact that diversions always deal with complete -lines. +Most of the problems arising with diversions can be avoided if you remain +aware of the fact that diversions always store complete lines. . -If diversions are used when the line buffer has not been flashed, +If diversions are used when the line buffer has not been flushed, strange results are produced; not knowing this, many people get desperate about diversions. . @@ -1022,7 +1021,7 @@ To ensure that a diversion works, line breaks should be added at the right places. . To be on the secure side, enclose everything that has to do with -diversions into a pair of line breaks; for example, by amply using +diversions into a pair of line breaks; for example, by explicitly using .B .br requests. . |