From a011b01af149d299b253c5393a70c73199aabe4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:32:55 +0100 Subject: doc: pr: formatting corrections * doc/coreutils.texi (pr invocation): Fix some overzealous uses of @var. Reported by Andreas Schwab. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 983a69411..49aa16d32 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -2424,14 +2424,14 @@ first line of the input file (not the first line printed, compare the Optional argument @var{number-separator} is the character appended to the line number to separate it from the text followed. The default separator is the TAB character. In a strict sense a TAB is always -printed with single column output only. The @var{tab}-width varies -with the @var{tab}-position, e.g., with the left @var{margin} specified +printed with single column output only. The TAB width varies +with the TAB position, e.g., with the left @var{margin} specified by @option{-o} option. With multicolumn output priority is given to @samp{equal width of output columns} (a @acronym{POSIX} specification). -The @var{tab}-width is fixed to the value of the first column and does +The TAB width is fixed to the value of the first column and does not change with different values of left @var{margin}. That means a fixed number of spaces is always printed in the place of the -@var{number-separator tab}. The tabification depends upon the output +@var{number-separator} TAB. The tabification depends upon the output position. @item -N @var{line_number} -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2