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author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-02 02:49:36 -0600 |
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committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2022-12-07 02:51:57 -0600 |
commit | 1e39a21c46aff535777411d44998cf4c98794952 (patch) | |
tree | 037c7eddc6ab222acda25c8f5716bc63958e8a90 /man | |
parent | a342118a458b872f38e4d78fc8e6a533298e6bf4 (diff) | |
download | groff-git-1e39a21c46aff535777411d44998cf4c98794952.tar.gz |
[docs]: Sync "Registers" and "Strings" sections.
...between our Texinfo manual and groff(7).
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/groff.7.man | 30 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man index 83d851496..5aebe5ff5 100644 --- a/man/groff.7.man +++ b/man/groff.7.man @@ -5149,20 +5149,27 @@ the effect of a newline. .SH Registers .\" ==================================================================== . -Most registers store numeric values -(see section \[lq]Numeric expressions\[rq] above), -but some interpolate text; -see subsection \[lq]Read-only registers\[rq] below. +.\" BEGIN Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Registers". +In the +.I roff +language, +numbers can be stored in +.I registers. . -Each register has a name. +Many built-in registers exist, +supplying anything from the date to details of formatting parameters. . -A register is defined and assigned with the -.request .nr +You can also define your own. +. +See section \[lq]Identifiers\[rq] above for information on constructing +a valid name for a register. +. +. +.P +Define registers and update their values with the +.B nr request or the -.esc R -escape sequence; -its value is interpolated with the -.esc n +.B \[rs]R escape sequence. . . @@ -5207,6 +5214,7 @@ Bear in mind that the symbols are .I not part of the register name. +.\" END Keep (roughly) parallel with groff.texi node "Registers". . . .\" ==================================================================== |