Changeset 75aef88 for chapter08

Timestamp:

12/11/2022 10:47:14 PM (17 months ago)

Author:

David Bryant <davidbryant@…>

Branches:

11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

28a0e48, c1a6bf9b

Parents:

f07d91ba

Message:

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.

Location:

chapter08

Files:

• groff.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• m4.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter08/groff.xml

@@ -223 +223 @@
         <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>

chapter08/m4.xml

@@ -90 +90 @@
           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">