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author | wlemb <wlemb> | 2002-04-26 06:59:34 +0000 |
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committer | wlemb <wlemb> | 2002-04-26 06:59:34 +0000 |
commit | 7e109e6f5ae86f00b127ffb101abe0ca0a5d18ae (patch) | |
tree | 722f59453338dc16c92863e3965f0364ecd2bd5a /man/groff_out.man | |
parent | a2df985d7d7c82373a4b02383a7ba152bd4ecb18 (diff) | |
download | groff-7e109e6f5ae86f00b127ffb101abe0ca0a5d18ae.tar.gz |
* doc/groff.texinfo: Integrated groff_out.man.
Some macro fixes.
* man/groff_out.man: Minor fixes.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/groff_out.man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/groff_out.man | 50 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/man/groff_out.man b/man/groff_out.man index 3ef60578..92f9ecf4 100644 --- a/man/groff_out.man +++ b/man/groff_out.man @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .ig groff_out.5 -Last update: 10 Apr 2002 +Last update: 24 Apr 2002 This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system. @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ program before it is fed into a device postprocessor program. As the GNU roff processor .BR groff (@MAN1EXT@) is a wrapper program around troff that automatically calls a -postprocessor, this output does not show up automatically. +postprocessor, this output does not show up normally. . This is why it is called .I intermediate @@ -289,10 +289,10 @@ describes what is output by the GNU troff program, while refers to the language that is accepted by the parser that prepares this output for the postprocessors. . -This parser is smarter on white space and implements obsolete elements +This parser is smarter on whitespace and implements obsolete elements for compatibility, otherwise both formats are the same. . -The pre-groff roff versions are denoted by +The pre-groff roff versions are denoted as .I classical .IR troff . . @@ -308,8 +308,8 @@ language. While the .I groff language is a high-level programming language for text processing, the -intermediate output language is a kind of low-level assembler by -specifying all positions on the page for writing and drawing. +intermediate output language is a kind of low-level assembler language +by specifying all positions on the page for writing and drawing. . .P The intermediate output produced by @@ -348,14 +348,14 @@ for device controlling. .\" -------------------------------------------------------------------- . .I Classical troff output -had strange requirements on white space. +had strange requirements on whitespace. . The .I groff -output parser, however, is smart about white space by making it +output parser, however, is smart about whitespace by making it maximally optional. . -The white space characters, i.e.\& the +The whitespace characters, i.e.\& the .IR tab , .IR space , and @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ separated by syntactical space. .P A line break is a syntactical element, too. . -Every command argument can be followed by white space, a comment, or a +Every command argument can be followed by whitespace, a comment, or a newline character. . Thus a @@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ The names of characters and fonts can be of arbitrary length. A character that is to be printed will always be in the current font. . .P -A string argument is always terminated by the next white space +A string argument is always terminated by the next whitespace character (space, tab, or newline); an embedded .B # character is regarded as part of the argument, not as the beginning of @@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ with the arguments set as outlined in the section .BR "Device Control Commands" . . But the parser for the intermediate output format is able to swallow -additional white space and comments as well. +additional whitespace and comments as well. . .P The @@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ single character, taking a fixed number of arguments. . Most of them are commands for positioning and text writing. . -These commands are smart about white space. +These commands are smart about whitespace. . Optionally, .I syntactical space @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ for the filling color of graphic objects is .BR DF . . The color components are specified as integer arguments between 0 and -\n[@maxcolor] with black having all components\~0. +\n[@maxcolor]. . The number of color components and their meaning vary for the different color schemes. @@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ doesn't use this. . . .command w -Informs about a paddable white space to increase readability. +Informs about a paddable whitespace to increase readability. . The spacing itself must be performed explicitly by a move command. . @@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ The spacing itself must be performed explicitly by a move command. Each graphics or drawing command in the intermediate output starts with the letter\~\c .B D -followed by another single character that specifies a subcommand; this +followed by one or two characters that specify a subcommand; this is followed by a fixed or variable number of integer arguments that are separated by a single space character. . @@ -997,16 +997,16 @@ graphics, and the outline of graphic objects is .BR m . . The color components are specified as integer arguments between 0 and -\n[@maxcolor] with black having all components\~0. +\n[@maxcolor]. . The number of color components and their meaning vary for the different color schemes. . These commands are generated by the groff escape sequences -.B \*[@backslash]DF +.B \*[@backslash]D'F\ .\|.\|.' and .B \*[@backslash]M -(with no other corresponding graphics command). +(with no other corresponding graphics commands). . No position changing. . @@ -1276,8 +1276,8 @@ while .argument h is the minimal horizontal motion, and .argument v -the minimal vertical motion; all arguments are positive integers in -basic units\~\c +the minimal vertical motion possible with this device; all arguments +are positive integers in basic units\~\c .unit u per inch. . @@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ this is actually just ignored. .xsub Typesetter Set name of device to word .argument xxx , -a sequence of characters ended by the next white space character. +a sequence of characters ended by the next whitespace character. . The possible device names coincide with those from the groff .B -T @@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ strange command that combined a horizontal move and the printing of a character. . It didn't have a command code, but is represented by a 3-character -argument consisting of exactly 2 digits and a character. +argument consisting of exactly 2\~digits and a character. . .TP .argument ddc @@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@ of variable length a separating space is obligatory. In .I classical .IR troff , -large cluster of these and other commands were used, mostly without +large clusters of these and other commands were used, mostly without spaces; this made such output almost unreadable. . .RE @@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@ This output can be fed into the postprocessor .BR xditview (1x) or .BR gxditview (@MAN1EXT@) -for displaying in X window. +for displaying in\~X. . .P Due to the obsolete jump-and-write command, the text clusters in the |