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authorwl <wl>2006-11-19 09:56:49 +0000
committerwl <wl>2006-11-19 09:56:49 +0000
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* 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.
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@@ -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