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commit 95bd5f043a90e148dd75f02cfb9612b0a4f6fb89
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Mar 8 07:28:29 2026 -0500
[doc,man]: Make groff(7) introduction cohere.
...better. Unfortunately this means diverging a little from our Texinfo
manual. But introductions to works with differing scopes work that
way.
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 4 ++--
man/groff.7.man | 14 +++++++-------
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index c8b37403c..4833fdaac 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -811,14 +811,14 @@ is an extended dialect of the
language,
for which many
similar implementations exist.
+@c END Keep parallel with groff(7), portion of "Description"
+@c (introduction).
We say ``the formatter'' when speaking of behavior
that is generally true of
@command{troff} @c generic
and
@command{nroff} @c generic
programs.
-@c END Keep parallel with groff(7), portion of "Description"
-@c (introduction).
A tradition has arisen that
GNU
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 8a48c5e7b..80e5cdf92 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -313,13 +313,6 @@ is an extended dialect of the
language,
for which many
similar implementations exist.
-.
-We say \[lq]the formatter\[rq] when speaking of behavior
-that is generally true of
-.I troff \" generic
-and
-.I nroff \" generic
-programs.
.\" END Keep parallel with groff.texi node "Conventions Used in This
.\" Manual", first paragraph.
.
@@ -347,6 +340,13 @@ HTML,
DVI,
or terminal output.
.
+We speak of \[lq]the formatter\[rq] when describing behavior
+that is generally true of
+.I troff \" generic
+and
+.I nroff \" generic
+programs.
+.
.
.\" ====================================================================
.SH "Input format"
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