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commit 0780abb9415c9a4d79286e7b947f158dc314dbda
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sat Nov 8 19:05:36 2025 -0600
[doc,man]: Tighten wording.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 6 +++---
man/roff.7.man | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index da708b851..1cd4bdc72 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -6314,9 +6314,9 @@ which the next glyph will be written, from which the next
motion will be
measured, or where a geometric object will commence rendering.
Notionally, glyphs are drawn from the text baseline upward and to the
right.@footnote{@code{groff} does not yet support right-to-left
-scripts.} A glyph therefore ``starts'' at its bottom-left corner. The
-formatter's origin is thus one vee below the page top, preventing a
-glyph from lying partially or wholly off the page.
+scripts.} A glyph therefore ``starts'' at its bottom-left corner.
+The formatter's origin is one vee below the page top
+to prevent a glyph from lying partially or wholly off the page.
@cindex page offset
@cindex offset, page
diff --git a/man/roff.7.man b/man/roff.7.man
index cf80ed039..d2375ca93 100644
--- a/man/roff.7.man
+++ b/man/roff.7.man
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ does not yet support right-to-left scripts.)
.
A glyph therefore \[lq]starts\[rq] at its bottom-left corner.
.
-The formatter's origin is thus one vee below the page top,
-preventing a glyph from lying partially or wholly off the page.
+The formatter's origin is one vee below the page top
+to prevent a glyph from lying partially or wholly off the page.
.
.
.P
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