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authorwlemb <wlemb>2002-09-20 12:14:55 +0000
committerwlemb <wlemb>2002-09-20 12:14:55 +0000
commita549024d459aafdf73d4bfcb3b553ee74d8ebaa0 (patch)
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parent30f056de35d618360839b943ff00360d1810845e (diff)
downloadgroff-a549024d459aafdf73d4bfcb3b553ee74d8ebaa0.tar.gz
* src/roff/troff/env.cc (title): Copy color status after processing
title. * src/roff/troff/input.cc (charinfo_to_node_list): Emit glyph and fill color nodes to reset colors properly. * src/preproc/pic/pic.man, doc/pic.ms: Document some color issues. * doc/groff.texinfo: Fixing documentation of `tl' request. * doc/webpage.ms: Updated.
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
.\" This document was written for free use and redistribution by
.\" Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> in August 1995.
.\"
-.\" $Id: pic.ms,v 1.18 2002/07/07 08:10:57 wlemb Exp $
+.\" $Id: pic.ms,v 1.19 2002/09/20 12:14:56 wlemb Exp $
.\"
.\" Set a proper TeX
.ie t .ds tx T\h'-.1667m'\v'.224m'E\v'-.224m'\h'-.125m'X
@@ -594,10 +594,11 @@ and a \fBheight\fP attribute, the length of the arrowhead along the shaft.
.PP
Arrowhead style is controlled by the style variable \fBarrowhead\fP.
The DWB and GNU versions interpret it differently. DWB defaults to
-open arrowheads and an \fBarrowhead\fP value of 2; the Kernighan
-paper says a value of 7 will make solid arrowheads. GNU \fBgpic\fP
-defaults to solid arrowheads and an \fBarrowhead\fP value of 1; a
-value of 0 will produce open arrowheads.
+open arrowheads and an \fBarrowhead\fP value of\~2; the Kernighan
+paper says a value of\~7 will make solid arrowheads. GNU \fBgpic\fP
+defaults to solid arrowheads and an \fBarrowhead\fP value of\~1; a
+value of\~0 will produce open arrowheads. Note that solid arrowheads are
+always filled with the current outline color.
.NH 2
Line Thickness
.PP
@@ -679,6 +680,9 @@ Currently, color support is not available in \*[tx] mode. Predefined color
names for \fIgroff\/\fP(1) are in the device macro files, for example
\f(CWps.tmac\fP; additional colors can be defined with the \fB.defcolor\fP
request (see the manual page of GNU \fItroff\/\fP(1) for more details).
+.PP
+\fBpic\fP assumes that at the beginning of a picture both glyph and fill
+color are set to the default value.
.NH 1
More About Text Placement
.PP