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authorG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-05-17 18:05:22 -0500
committerG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-05-21 11:13:08 -0500
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[docs]: Fix content and style nits.
* It is the end of input that causes a break, not the end of a file. * Tighten wording.
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@@ -489,8 +489,7 @@ this is a
.P
When the last line of input text is also the last output line that can
fit on the page,
-the break caused by the end of the input file
-will also break the page,
+the break caused by the end of input will also break the page,
producing a useless blank one.
.
Macro packages keep users from having
@@ -2028,7 +2027,7 @@ Several traditions have accrued in service of these goals.
.
.
.IP \[bu] 2n
-Break input lines after sentence-ending punctuation to ease their
+Follow sentence endings in input with newlines to ease their
recognition.
.\" Texinfo: (@pxref{Sentences}).
It is frequently convenient to break after colons and semicolons as