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| author | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-04-05 07:08:16 -0500 |
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| committer | G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com> | 2023-04-09 11:25:28 -0500 |
| commit | 93a08f4dc12693179ec86f2e81d3f8852b737cc7 (patch) | |
| tree | ad6b68e2d41c42df6b79b4dba2c1308810304bc7 /tmac | |
| parent | 77631690a8ae25ca77477a8b3cdd08180b0d17d3 (diff) | |
| download | groff-git-93a08f4dc12693179ec86f2e81d3f8852b737cc7.tar.gz | |
[docs]: Update discussion of ms page titles.
* Mention the special behavior of the % character in titles.
* Characterize traps as a formatter feature.
Diffstat (limited to 'tmac')
| -rw-r--r-- | tmac/groff_ms.7.man | 18 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man index 01afe61c7..64d4ad7e8 100644 --- a/tmac/groff_ms.7.man +++ b/tmac/groff_ms.7.man @@ -1891,9 +1891,14 @@ macros define footers for them. . . .P +With either method, +a percent sign +.B % +in header or footer text is replaced by the current page number. +. By default, .I ms -places no header on any page numbered \[lq]1\[rq] +places no header on a page numbered \[lq]1\[rq] (regardless of its number format). . . @@ -1911,11 +1916,8 @@ This is a Berkeley extension. .P For even greater flexibility, .I ms -is designed to permit the redefinition of the macros that are called -when the -.I groff -traps that ordinarily cause the headers and footers to be output are -sprung. +permits redefinition of the macros called when the page header and +footer traps are sprung. . .B PT (\[lq]page trap\[rq]) @@ -1927,7 +1929,9 @@ and (\[lq]bottom trap\[rq]) when the footer is to be. . -The page location trap that +The +.I groff +page location trap that .I ms sets up to format the header also calls the (normally undefined) |