diff -dpru --unidirectional-new-file groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man new-groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man --- groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man 2021-10-31 00:03:10.000000000 +0000 +++ new-groff/src/preproc/tbl/tbl.1.man 2021-10-31 00:10:16.000000000 +0000 @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Each cell in a column is classified by b centered, left-aligned, numeric -(aligned to a decimal point), +(aligned to a decimal separator), and so on. . This specification can have several lines, @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ extension). . .TP .BI decimalpoint( c ) -Set the character to be recognized as the decimal point in numeric +Set the character to be recognized as the decimal separator in numeric columns (GNU .I tbl \" exception @@ -417,10 +417,11 @@ Numerically justify item in the column; that is, align columns of numbers vertically at the units place. . -If there are one or more dots adjacent to a digit, +If there are one or more decimal separators adjacent to a digit, use the rightmost one for vertical alignment. . -If there is no dot, use the rightmost digit for vertical alignment; +If there is no decimal separator, +use the rightmost digit for vertical alignment; otherwise, center the item within the column. . Alignment can be forced to a certain position using \[oq]\[rs]&\[cq]; @@ -1141,16 +1142,16 @@ sees the input earlier than .IR \%@g@troff . . For example, -number formatting with vertically aligned decimal points fails if those -numbers are passed on as macro parameters because decimal point -alignment is handled by +number formatting with vertically aligned decimal separators fails +if those numbers are passed on as macro parameters +because decimal separator alignment is handled by .I \%@g@tbl itself: it only sees .BR \[rs]$1 , .BR \[rs]$2 , etc., -and therefore can't recognize the decimal point. +and therefore can't recognize the decimal separator. . . .\" ====================================================================