Changeset a09fa5f for chapter08/groff.xml

Timestamp:

12/12/2022 12:29:04 PM (18 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/clfs-ng

Children:

9813d3d9

Parents:

f16e611 (diff), c1a6bf9b (diff)
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Message:

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/trunk' into xry111/clfs-ng

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• chapter08/groff.xml (modified) (6 diffs)

chapter08/groff.xml

@@ -25 +25 @@
 
     <para>The Groff package contains programs for processing and formatting
-    text.</para>
+    text and images.</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>
@@ -169 +169 @@
         <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">
@@ -180 +180 @@
         <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>
@@ -191 +191 @@
         <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>
@@ -212 +213 @@
         <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>
@@ -222 +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>