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commit ebf9fbc624ebd88ea3351873597296c20d9e0c60
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov 30 02:50:47 2025 -0600
[doc]: Favor present tense over future.
...in ms(7) documentation.
Also sync input line breaks between our Texinfo manual and ms.ms.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 18 ++++++++++++------
doc/ms.ms.in | 8 ++++----
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index c3744c199..e76cbb3cd 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -4010,11 +4010,17 @@ money
Gotta pay for those lawyers and guns!
@endCartoucheExample
-In the previous example, observe how the @code{IP} macro places the
-definition on the same line as the term if it has enough space. If this
-is not what you want, there are a few workarounds we will illustrate by
-modifying the example. First, you can use a @code{br} request to force
-a break after printing the term or label.
+In the previous example,
+observe how the
+@code{IP}
+macro places the definition on the same line as the term
+if it has enough space.
+If this is not what you want,
+there are a few workarounds we illustrate by modifying the example.
+First,
+you can use a
+@code{br}
+request to force a break after printing the term or label.
@Example
.IP guns
@@ -4036,7 +4042,7 @@ Finally,
you may append a horizontal motion to the mark with the
@code{\h}
escape sequence;
-using the same amount as the indentation will ensure that the mark is
+using the same amount as the indentation ensures that the mark is
too wide for
@code{groff}
to treat it as ``fitting'' on the same line as the paragraph text.
diff --git a/doc/ms.ms.in b/doc/ms.ms.in
index 01948ae5e..a9468f713 100644
--- a/doc/ms.ms.in
+++ b/doc/ms.ms.in
@@ -2070,11 +2070,11 @@ register's value.
In the glossary example,
observe how the
.CW IP
-macro places the definition on the same line as the term if it has
-enough space.
+macro places the definition on the same line as the term
+if it has enough space.
.
If this is not what you want,
-there are a few workarounds we will illustrate by modifying the example.
+there are a few workarounds we illustrate by modifying the example.
.
First,
you can use a
@@ -2099,7 +2099,7 @@ Finally,
you may append a horizontal motion to the mark with the
.CW \[rs]h
escape sequence;
-using the same amount as the indentation will ensure that the mark is
+using the same amount as the indentation ensures that the mark is
too wide for
.I groff
to treat it as \[lq]fitting\[rq] on the same line as the paragraph text.
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