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author | wl <wl> | 2006-11-19 09:56:49 +0000 |
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committer | wl <wl> | 2006-11-19 09:56:49 +0000 |
commit | b9045517d4e8d55470d40cd36da231165e92db38 (patch) | |
tree | e727e20e2810bd91e881fa1a93b0a32a018fae64 /doc | |
parent | e6841d8379d5576dc99e12f4601b7942a906653c (diff) | |
download | groff-b9045517d4e8d55470d40cd36da231165e92db38.tar.gz |
* man/roff.man, doc/groff.texinfo: Improve history of roff, based on
information from Tom Van Vleck <thvv@multicians.org>.
* tmac/62bit.tmac: New macro package.
* tmac/Makefile.sub (NORMALFILES): Add it.
* NEWS: Document it.
* tmac/trace.tmac: Protect against being loaded again.
(nr): Always show result.
* doc/groff.texinfo (Input Encodings): Document latin-5.
* man/grof_tmac.man: Document sv, latinX, cp1047, 60bit, ec.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/groff.texinfo b/doc/groff.texinfo index 68caad31..2bb76ad1 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texinfo +++ b/doc/groff.texinfo @@ -623,17 +623,18 @@ impossible to accomplish complex actions.'' --Doug Gwyn (22/Jun/91 in @section History @cindex history -@cindex @code{runoff}, the program +@cindex @code{RUNOFF}, the program @cindex @code{rf}, the program @code{troff} can trace its origins back to a formatting program called -@code{runoff}, written by J.@tie{}E.@tie{}Saltzer, which ran on MIT's CTSS -operating system in the mid-sixties. The name came from the use of the -phrase ``run off a document'', meaning to print it out. Bob Morris ported it -to the 635 architecture and called the program @code{roff} (an abbreviation -of @code{runoff}). It was rewritten as @code{rf} for the @w{PDP-7} -(before having @acronym{UNIX}), and at the same time (1969), Doug -McIllroy rewrote an extended and simplified version of @code{roff} in -the @acronym{BCPL} programming language. +@code{RUNOFF}, written by Jerry E.@: Saltzer, which ran on MIT's +@acronym{CTSS} (@emph{Compatible Time Sharing System}) operating system in +the mid-sixties. The name came from the use of the phrase ``run off a +document'', meaning to print it out. Bob Morris ported it to the 635 +architecture and called the program @code{roff} (an abbreviation of +@code{runoff}). It was rewritten as @code{rf} for the @w{PDP-7} (before +having @acronym{UNIX}), and at the same time (1969), Doug McIllroy rewrote +an extended and simplified version of @code{roff} in the @acronym{BCPL} +programming language. @cindex @code{roff}, the program The first version of @acronym{UNIX} was developed on a @w{PDP-7} which @@ -4840,6 +4841,16 @@ To use this encoding, either say @w{@samp{.mso latin2.tmac}} at the very beginning of your document or use @samp{-mlatin2} as a command line argument for @code{groff}. +@item latin-5 +@cindex encoding, input, @w{latin-5} (ISO @w{8859-9}) +@cindex @w{latin-2} (ISO @w{8859-9}), input encoding +@cindex ISO @w{8859-9} (@w{latin-2}), input encoding +@cindex input encoding, @w{latin-2} (ISO @w{8859-9}) +@pindex latin2.tmac +For Turkish. Either say @w{@samp{.mso latin9.tmac}} at the very +beginning of your document or use @samp{-mlatin9} as a command line +argument for @code{groff}. + @item latin-9 (latin-0) @cindex encoding, input, @w{latin-9} (@w{latin-0}, ISO @w{8859-15}) @cindex @w{latin-9} (@w{latin-0}, ISO @w{8859-15}), input encoding |