Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to understand

2011-01-22 Thread Deri James
On Saturday 22 Jan 2011 09:54:45 Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >>"The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to > >> > >> ‘.end’." > >> > >> For me this sentence is difficult to understand, although the > >> meaning is obvious. > > > > It was the same thing for me, I couldn

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to understand

2011-01-22 Thread Pierre-Jean
Werner LEMBERG wrote: > >>"The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to > >> ‘.end’." > >> > Any improvement in the wording is highly welcomed. It's quite not easy for me, but let's try this: "If a second argument is given to de (for exemple .de name end),

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to understand

2011-01-22 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> "The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to >> ‘.end’." >> >> For me this sentence is difficult to understand, although the >> meaning is obvious. > > It was the same thing for me, I couldn't exactly understand this > until I saw examples in om.tmac. Any improveme

Re: [Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to understand

2011-01-22 Thread Pierre-Jean
Ralph Graulich wrote: > "The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to ‘.end’." > > For me this sentence is difficult to understand, although the meaning is > obvious. It was the same thing for me, I couldn't exactly understand this until I saw examples in om.tmac. But I'

[Groff] groff.texinfo - section 5.21 - sentence difficult to understand

2011-01-21 Thread Ralph Graulich
Hello troffers! English is not my native language, so please take this into account. In the current edition of groff.texinfo (Edition 1.21, Winter 2010) it reads unter section '5.21 Writing Macros': "The optional second argument to de changes this to a macro to ‘.end’." For me this sen