From 9729cec83d91ef8d4027179a36c9381a9e64c96d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bryant Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:56:35 -0600 Subject: 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). --- chapter08/groff.xml | 13 +++++++------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter08/groff.xml') 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 @@ <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> -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf From 75aef881b75eb5e09c067ce8623827dfdff898ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bryant <davidbryant@gvtc.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 16:47:14 -0600 Subject: Changed "front-end" to "front end". Webster says the hyphenated version is an adjective. When "front end" is a noun, as it is here, it should be spelled as two words. --- chapter08/groff.xml | 2 +- chapter08/m4.xml | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter08/groff.xml') diff --git a/chapter08/groff.xml b/chapter08/groff.xml index 1b0870d9d..e5ae875f3 100644 --- a/chapter08/groff.xml +++ b/chapter08/groff.xml @@ -222,7 +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"> diff --git a/chapter08/m4.xml b/chapter08/m4.xml index 13b032a25..14ce93291 100644 --- a/chapter08/m4.xml +++ b/chapter08/m4.xml @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ echo "#define _IO_IN_BACKUP 0x100" >> lib/stdio-impl.h</userinput></screen> <command>m4</command> has built-in functions for including named files, running Unix commands, performing integer arithmetic, manipulating text, recursion, etc. The <command>m4</command> program - can be used either as a front-end to a compiler or as a macro processor + can be used either as a front end to a compiler or as a macro processor in its own right</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-m4 m4"> <primary sortas="b-m4">m4</primary> -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf