keithmarshall pushed a commit to branch dev-gropdf-boxes
in repository groff.
commit f04b84052c60a581f889fbdbd2a124c05dc06ad8
Author: Dave Kemper <saint.s...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Apr 12 03:57:12 2021 +0000
doc/meref.me: Correct various small issues.
- Change names of two diacritical marks to match Unicode usage: "circle"
to "ring," "Czech" to "caron"
- Correct description of caron from "inverted" to "raised" v
- Correct description of string \*- from "3/4 em dash" to "em dash"
- Remove some excess verbiage
- Correct some minor typos and punctuation
Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60379>.
---
ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
doc/meref.me | 32 ++++++++++++++------------------
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6ccc633..dbc5063 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
2021-04-12 Dave Kemper <saint.s...@gmail.com>
+ * doc/meref.me: Correct various small issues.
+
+ Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?60379>.
+
+2021-04-12 Dave Kemper <saint.s...@gmail.com>
+
* man/groff.7.man (Registers/Writable registers) <year, yr>:
Drop discussion of Y2K issues.
diff --git a/doc/meref.me b/doc/meref.me
index edc7b8f..359dd67 100644
--- a/doc/meref.me
+++ b/doc/meref.me
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ End this page,
but do not begin the next page.
Useful for forcing out footnotes,
but other than
-that hardly every used.
+that hardly ever used.
Must be followed by a
.b .bp
or the end of input.
@@ -1456,8 +1456,7 @@ ends the header portion of the table.
.b .TE
.DE
Table end.
-Note that this table
-does not float,
+This table does not float;
in fact,
it is not even guaranteed to stay on one page
if you use requests such as
@@ -1678,7 +1677,7 @@ If there are any spaces in it,
the entire header must be quoted.
If you want the header to have the chapter number
in it,
-Use the string
+use the string
.b "\e\e\e\en(ch" .
For example, to number appendixes
.b A.1
@@ -1690,8 +1689,7 @@ Each section
should be preceded by the
.b .+c
macro.
-It should be mentioned
-that it is easier when using
+It is easier when using
\*T to put the front material
at the end of the paper,
so that the table of contents
@@ -1872,9 +1870,7 @@ Right quote.
.TL
.ST \-
.DE
-.ie \w'\(34'>0 \(34
-.el 3/4
-em dash.
+Em dash.
.sh 1 "Special Characters and Marks"
.pp
There are a number of special characters
@@ -1890,8 +1886,8 @@ Umlaut \e*: u\e*: u\*:
Tilde \e*~ n\e*~ n\*~
Caret \e*^ e\e*^ e\*^
Cedilla \e*, c\e*, c\*,
-Czech \e*v e\e*v e\*v
-Circle \e*o A\e*o A\*o
+Caron \e*v e\e*v e\*v
+Ring \e*o A\e*o A\*o
There exists \e*(qe \*(qe
For all \e*(qa \*(qa
.fi
@@ -2038,7 +2034,7 @@ NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
\&.+c M begin chapter
\e*, S cedilla
\e\- F\(sc minus sign
-\e*\- S 3/4 em dash
+\e*\- S em dash
\e0 F\(sc unpaddable digit-width space
\&.1c M revert to single column output
\&.2c M begin two column output
@@ -2099,8 +2095,8 @@ NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
\e*(dw S current day of week
\en(dy R\(sc day of month
\ee F\(sc printable version of \e
-\&.ef M set footer (even numbered pages only)
-\&.eh M set header (even numbered pages only)
+\&.ef M set footer (even-numbered pages only)
+\&.eh M set header (even-numbered pages only)
\&.el M\(sc else part of conditional
\&.ep M end page
\en(es R equation pre/post space
@@ -2154,9 +2150,9 @@ NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
\&.np M begin numbered paragraph
\&.nr M\(sc set number register
\&.ns M\(sc no space mode
-\e*o S circle (e.g., for Norse A\*o)
-\&.of M set footer (odd numbered pages only)
-\&.oh M set header (odd numbered pages only)
+\e*o S ring (e.g., for Norse A\*o)
+\&.of M set footer (odd-numbered pages only)
+\&.oh M set header (odd-numbered pages only)
\&.pa M begin page
\&.pd M print delayed text
\en(pf R paragraph font
@@ -2211,7 +2207,7 @@ NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
\&.uh M unnumbered section
\&.ul M\(sc underline next line
\ev\'\fI\&d\fP\' F\(sc local vertical motion for distance \fI\&d\fP
-\e*v S inverted `v' for czeck ``e\*v''
+\e*v S raised `v' for caron ``e\*v''
\ew\'\fI\&S\fP\' F\(sc return width of string \fI\&S\fP
\&.xl M set line length (local)
\&.xp M print index
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