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authorwlemb <wlemb>2003-02-26 14:54:01 +0000
committerwlemb <wlemb>2003-02-26 14:54:01 +0000
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downloadgroff-822f6f8974d7ff491252279efcd273393382b684.tar.gz
Make man pages more customizable.
* tmac/an-old.tmac (FT): New register holding footer distance from bottom. (HF): New string holding the default heading font. (TH): Handle registers `IN' and `SN' set on the command line. Use `FT'. (PT, BT): New strings to customize header and footer lines. (an-header, an-footer): Use them. (SH, SS): Use `HF'. * tmac/groff_man.man: Document changes. * doc/groff.texinfo: Document man changes. Document Ultrix extensions of man. * src/roff/troff/input.cc (do_width, do_if_request): Reset `have_input' after changing back to old environment. * src/devices/grolbp/lbp.cc (lbp_printer::set_line_thickness): Move function up to be defined before first call. This is necessary to avoid a compilation problem with Sun's WorkShop 6 C++ compiler. * src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.pl: Make script search for files in the default font directory also. Based on a patch from James J. Ramsey <jjramsey_6x9eq42@yahoo.com>. * src/utils/afmtodit/Makefile.sub (afmtodit): Handle @FONTDIR@. * src/utils/afmtodit/afmtodit.man: Document it. * NEWS: Updated. * tmac/groff_man.man, doc/groff.texinfo: Many minor fixes.
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@@ -116,6 +116,25 @@ Afmtodit
o New option `-m' to prevent negative left italic correction values.
+o The mapping and encoding file together with file `DESC' are now searched
+ in the default font directory also. Please refer to the man page of
+ afmtodit for more details.
+
+Macro Packages
+--------------
+
+o Larry Kollar <kollar@alltel.net> made the man macros more customizable.
+
+ . New command line options -rFT, -rIN, and -rSN to set the vertical
+ location of the footer line, the body text indentation, and the
+ sub-subheading indentation.
+
+ . New macros `.PT' and `.BT' to print the header and footer strings.
+ They can be replaced with a customized version in `man.local'.
+
+ . The string `HF' now holds the typeface to print headings and
+ subheadings.
+
VERSION 1.18.1
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