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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2022-12-15 10:24:33 -0600 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2022-12-15 10:24:33 -0600 |
| commit | dbaab9969490a759239eebe887c5af5a5d01ea98 (patch) | |
| tree | e5da1a80e1995d66192fa513951d78b3b74314ea /chapter08/groff.xml | |
| parent | c9aabf13a1e8e1fb57688a7dea2f2ca2f1a9e1ab (diff) | |
| parent | 0c4501b5b186b116b90aa19fd7fb6087b3d70a69 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'trunk' of git.linuxfromscratch.org:lfs into trunk
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08/groff.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/groff.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/groff.xml b/chapter08/groff.xml index 64739ac67..e5ae875f3 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> @@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ <varlistentry id="groff"> <term><command>groff</command></term> <listitem> - <para>A front-end to the groff document formatting system; normally, it + <para>A front end to the groff document formatting system; normally, it runs the <command>troff</command> program and a post-processor appropriate for the selected device</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff groff"> |