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commit d2ef02ae0baa5c4fd2fa132bcb3e2034552018e6
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Dec 12 15:29:28 2025 -0600
doc/meref.me.in: Fix content nits.
* Clarify "±n" notation.
* Clarify meaning of metasyntactic variables used in discussion of
titles.
* Explicitly document `sz` macro as nilpotent in nroff mode.
* Parallelize wording when declaring macro nilpotent in nroff mode.
---
doc/meref.me.in | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/meref.me.in b/doc/meref.me.in
index 232399307..980f810b9 100644
--- a/doc/meref.me.in
+++ b/doc/meref.me.in
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ Default parameter values are shown in square brackets.
The notation
.i \(+-n
indicates a numeric value with an optional leading sign.
-Without the sign,
+Without a sign,
it assigns a value
.i n.
-With it,
+With a sign,
it expresses alteration of an existing value by the amount
.i n.
\*(ME's font registers may be set only to mounting positions.
@@ -557,7 +557,8 @@ and right-hand components
.i L,
.i M,
and
-.i R.
+.i R,
+respectively.
The components are separated
by a
.i delimiter,
@@ -1166,6 +1167,7 @@ footnotes,
and
chapter titles
alter them.
+This macro has no effect in \*N mode.
.pp
\*(ME assumes that font positions 1 through 4 correspond to
roman,
@@ -1248,7 +1250,7 @@ and
Set
.i W
one point smaller than the surrounding type.
-It has no effect in \*N mode.
+This macro has no effect in \*N mode.
.TL
.b .u
.i W
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