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bug #51076: doc/pic.ms: Remove a repeated word ("the"), untangle, and protect '.' in " ."

Submitted by:  Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Submitted on:  Sun 21 May 2017 12:20:35 AM UTC  
 
Category: Preprocessor picSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: DocumentationStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Open/Closed: OpenPlanned Release: None

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Sun 21 May 2017 12:20:35 AM UTC, original submission:

From 6a672c5f646a7af3f73d1b5e47a5ab99a6210702 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 00:15:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove a repeated word ("the"), untangle the paragraph and
change " ." to " \&."

See man-pages(7), chapter "Conventions for source file layout".

Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig@rhi.hi.is>
---
doc/pic.ms | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/pic.ms b/doc/pic.ms
index 483578e1..4da55e48 100644
--- a/doc/pic.ms
+++ b/doc/pic.ms
@@ -1435,11 +1435,12 @@ reference, usable anywhere a location is needed. This construction is
very important for putting together large, multi-part diagrams.
.PP
Blocks are also a variable-scoping mechanism, like a \fIgroff\/\fP(1)
-environment. All variable assignments done inside a block are undone
-at the end of it. To get at values within a block, write a name of
-the block followed by a dot, followed by the label you
-want. For example, we could refer the the center of the box in the
-above composite as \fBlast [] .Caption\fP or \fBA.Caption\fP.
+environment.
+All variable assignments done inside a block are undone at the end of it.
+To get at values within a block, write a name of the block followed by a
+dot, followed by the label you want.
+For example, we could refer the center of the box in the above composite as
+\fBlast [] \&.Caption\fP or \fBA.Caption\fP.
.PP
This kind of reference to a label can be used in any way any other
location can be. For example, if we added \fB"Hi!" at A.Caption\fP
--
2.11.0

Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sun 22 Oct 2017 07:56:32 AM UTCgbrandenStatusIn Progress=>Fixed
    Sun 22 Oct 2017 07:06:43 AM UTCgbrandenCategoryNone=>Preprocessor pic
      Item GroupNone=>Documentation
      StatusNone=>In Progress
      Assigned toNone=>gbranden

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