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commit c30c7687584594bcb8c3918be6f0a0384125ba0b
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Apr 13 14:10:30 2025 -0500
[doc],groff_diff(7): Parallelize wording.
Favor active voice over passive.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 15 ++++++++++-----
man/groff_diff.7.man | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index f974ad382..91ef048d7 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -18639,7 +18639,7 @@ Graphic Systems C/A/T phototypesetter (the original
device target for
in the range 6--36 points, so Ossanna contrived a special case in the
parser to do what the user must have meant. Kernighan warned of this in
the 1992 revision of CSTR@tie{}#54 (�2.3), and more recently, McIlroy
-referred to it as a ``living fossil''.} should be migrated to another
+referred to it as a ``living fossil''.} should migrate to another
@code{\s} form.
@c ---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -18647,10 +18647,15 @@ referred to it as a ``living fossil''.} should be
migrated to another
@node Other Differences, , Compatibility Mode, Implementation Differences
@subsection Other Differences
-@code{groff} request names unrecognized by other @code{troff}
-implementations will likely be ignored by them; escape sequences that
-are @code{groff} extensions are liable to be interpreted as if the
-escape character were not present.
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+request names unrecognized by other
+@command{troff} @c generic
+implementations will likely be ignored by them,
+and escape sequences that are
+GNU
+@command{troff} @c GNU
+extensions are liable to format their function selector character.
@cindex @code{\~}, incompatibilities with @acronym{AT&T} @code{troff}
For example, the adjustable, non-breaking space escape sequence
@code{\~}
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index e645026fd..09d3c3d65 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -6197,8 +6197,8 @@ GNU
.I troff \" GNU
request names unrecognized by other
.I troff \" generic
-implementations will likely be ignored;
-escape sequences that are GNU
+implementations will likely be ignored by them,
+and escape sequences that are GNU
.I troff \" GNU
extensions are liable to format their function selector character.
.
@@ -6285,7 +6285,7 @@ a
.RI non-zero\~ n
must be in the range 4\[en]39.
.
-Legacy documents relying upon this quirk of parsing should be migrated
+Legacy documents relying upon this quirk of parsing should migrate
to another
.B \[rs]s
form.
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