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commit d7742518c19a6651bfccdd6b27557cc52cf577fb
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Jul 23 11:56:41 2025 -0500
doc/*,man/*: Recast "Measurements" discussion.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 10 +++++-----
man/groff.7.man | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 6e1c64f60..09b3f6cbf 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -6345,13 +6345,13 @@ one vee.
@cindex units of measurement
A @code{roff} document sometimes
requires the input of numeric parameters to specify measurements.
-These are expressed as integers
+Express them as integers
or decimal fractions
-with an optional
+with an optional scaling unit suffixed.
+A
@dfn{scaling unit}
-suffixed.
-A scaling unit is a letter
-that immediately follows a number.
+is a letter
+that immediately follows the magnitude of a measurement.
Digits after the decimal point are optional.
Examples of measurements include
@samp{10.5p},
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index b1a6bc529..d840099dd 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -846,12 +846,12 @@ now withdrawn.)
Express numeric parameters that specify measurements
as integers
or decimal fractions
-with an optional
-.I "scaling unit"
-suffixed.
+with an optional scaling unit suffixed.
.
-A scaling unit is a letter
-that immediately follows the last digit of a number.
+A
+.I "scaling unit"
+is a letter
+that immediately follows the magnitude of a measurement.
.
Digits after the decimal point are optional.
.
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