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authorDavid Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com>2022-12-10 12:56:35 -0600
committerDavid Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com>2022-12-10 12:56:35 -0600
commit9729cec83d91ef8d4027179a36c9381a9e64c96d (patch)
treef3c28b6b9ce82a1a752b476321d290bc76e92771
parent2da001c127fdb9348cfd63ff75d87b156315e4dd (diff)
Corrected description of what the package does: groff processes both
text and images. Patched English idiom. Added a little information about Pinyin (Chinese spelled like English) and grap (an old Unix command for creating graphs).
-rw-r--r--chapter08/groff.xml13
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/groff.xml b/chapter08/groff.xml
index 64739ac67..1b0870d9d 100644
--- a/chapter08/groff.xml
+++ b/chapter08/groff.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
<title/>
<para>The Groff package contains programs for processing and formatting
- text.</para>
+ text and images.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
<varlistentry id="gperl">
<term><command>gperl</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Preprocesor for groff, allowing addition of perl code
+ <para>Preprocesor for groff, allowing the insertion of perl code
into groff files</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gperl">
<primary sortas="b-gperl">gperl</primary>
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@
<varlistentry id="gpinyin">
<term><command>gpinyin</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Preprocesor for groff, allowing addition of Chinese
- European-like language Pinyin into groff files.</para>
+ <para>Preprocesor for groff, allowing the insertion of Pinyin
+ (Mandarin Chinese spelled with the Roman alphabet) into groff files.</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gpinyin">
<primary sortas="b-gpinyin">gpinyin</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@
<varlistentry id="grap2graph">
<term><command>grap2graph</command></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Converts a grap diagram into a cropped bitmap image</para>
+ <para>Converts a grap program file into a cropped bitmap image
+ (grap is an old Unix programming language for creating diagrams)</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grap2graph">
<primary sortas="b-grap2graph">grap2graph</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@
<term><command>grodvi</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A driver for <command>groff</command> that produces TeX dvi
- format</para>
+ format output files</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grodvi">
<primary sortas="b-grodvi">grodvi</primary>
</indexterm>