gbranden pushed a commit to branch master in repository groff. commit a2cc5648854b5207d0a2f0fd87f74052b2ceface Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> AuthorDate: Tue May 17 18:05:22 2022 -0500
[docs]: Fix content and style nits. * It is the end of input that causes a break, not the end of a file. * Tighten wording. --- doc/groff.texi | 13 ++++++------- man/roff.7.man | 5 ++--- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi index f0898e59..e512e193 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texi +++ b/doc/groff.texi @@ -5373,7 +5373,7 @@ traditions have accrued in service of these goals. @itemize @bullet @item -Break input lines after sentence-ending punctuation to ease their +Follow sentence endings in input with newlines to ease their recognition (@pxref{Sentences}). It is frequently convenient to break after colons and semicolons as well, as these typically precede independent clauses. Consider breaking after commas; they often occur @@ -5556,12 +5556,11 @@ start a new one, and reset the drawing position to one vee below the page top again; this is a @dfn{page break}. When the last line of input text is also the last output line that can -fit on the page, the break caused by the end of the input file will also -break the page, producing a useless blank one. Macro packages keep -users from having to confront this difficulty by setting ``traps'' -(@pxref{Traps}); moreover, all but the simplest page layouts tend to -have headers and footers, or at least bear vertical margins larger than -one vee. +fit on the page, the break caused by the end of input will also break +the page, producing a useless blank one. Macro packages keep users from +having to confront this difficulty by setting ``traps'' (@pxref{Traps}); +moreover, all but the simplest page layouts tend to have headers and +footers, or at least bear vertical margins larger than one vee. @codequotebacktick off diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man index 82d277e2..7bf53b04 100644 --- a/man/roff.7.man +++ b/man/roff.7.man @@ -489,8 +489,7 @@ this is a .P When the last line of input text is also the last output line that can fit on the page, -the break caused by the end of the input file -will also break the page, +the break caused by the end of input will also break the page, producing a useless blank one. . Macro packages keep users from having @@ -2028,7 +2027,7 @@ Several traditions have accrued in service of these goals. . . .IP \[bu] 2n -Break input lines after sentence-ending punctuation to ease their +Follow sentence endings in input with newlines to ease their recognition. .\" Texinfo: (@pxref{Sentences}). It is frequently convenient to break after colons and semicolons as _______________________________________________ Groff-commit mailing list Groff-commit@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff-commit