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commit 9e8d2a2b0be970a3900e07a9e0a7e9556a0f55df
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Fri Dec 1 14:16:51 2023 -0600
doc/groff.texi: Tighten wording.
---
doc/groff.texi | 19 +++++++++----------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi b/doc/groff.texi
index 5d16807da..511a57525 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi
+++ b/doc/groff.texi
@@ -1541,7 +1541,8 @@ repertoires and the @slanted{metrics} (dimensions) of
each glyph. This
information permits the formatter to accurately place glyphs with
respect to each other. The device description file is always named
@file{DESC}; fonts are typically described in files with short names
-like @file{TR}, @file{CR}, @file{HBI}, or @file{S}.
+like @file{TR}, @file{CR}, @file{HBI}, or
+@file{S}.@footnote{@xref{Device and Font Description Files}.}
@cindex font directory
@cindex directory, device and font description
@@ -1603,11 +1604,9 @@ be customized as part of the build-time configuration
process.
@cindex page orientation, landscape
@c BEGIN Keep parallel with groff(1), subsection "Paper format".
-GNU @command{troff} reads the device description file
-@file{DESC}@footnote{@xref{Device and Font Description Files}.} for the
-selected output device when it starts; page dimensions declared there
-are used if present. @code{groff}'s build process configures a default
-page format and writes it to typesetters' @file{DESC} files. This
+A device's page dimensions in the aforementioned @file{DESC} are used if
+declared there. @code{groff}'s build process configures a default page
+format and writes it to typesetters' @file{DESC} files. This
installation's default is documented in @cite{gtroff@r{(1)}}. If the
@file{DESC} file lacks this information, the formatter and output driver
use a page length of @samp{11i} (eleven inches) for compatibility with
@@ -1764,10 +1763,10 @@ consists of text, or words to be printed, and embedded
commands
@cindex filling (introduction)
@cindex adjustment (introduction)
The primary function of GNU @command{troff} is to collect words from
-input lines, @slanted{fill} output lines with those words,
-@slanted{break} the line at the right-hand margin (possibly by
-hyphenating a word), @slanted{adjust} the line to reach that margin (if
-necessary) by widening spaces between words, and output the result.
+its input, @slanted{fill} output lines with those words, @slanted{break}
+the line at the right-hand margin (possibly by hyphenating a word),
+@slanted{adjust} the line to reach that margin (if necessary) by
+widening spaces between words, and output the result.
@Example
@c .ll 42n
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