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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2015-01-20 19:39:34 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2015-01-20 19:39:34 +0000
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change spelling of centre to center: consistent with other man pages
and the name of the syntax elements being described; from tedu@
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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ macro tags, whose precise syntax is documented in
Tables consist of a series of options on a single line, followed by the
table layout, followed by data.
.Pp
-For example, the following creates a boxed table with digits centred in
+For example, the following creates a boxed table with digits centered in
the cells.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.TS
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Layout lines may also be separated by a comma.
Each layout cell consists of one of the following case-insensitive keys:
.Bl -tag -width 2n
.It Cm c
-Centre a literal string within its column.
+Center a literal string within its column.
.It Cm r
Right-justify a literal string within its column.
.It Cm l
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ and
are ignored by
.Xr mandoc 1 .
.Pp
-For example, the following layout specifies a centre-justified column of
+For example, the following layout specifies a center-justified column of
minimum width 10, followed by vertical bar, followed by a left-justified
column of minimum width 10, another vertical bar, then a column using
bold font justified about the decimal point in numbers: