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authorwlemb <wlemb>2000-05-05 21:59:27 +0000
committerwlemb <wlemb>2000-05-05 21:59:27 +0000
commit8d3f1e99b794abac5e791952550089c073d7cf8e (patch)
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parentbdd482ab2013b776ce23dfa9eab9ebc18164f10d (diff)
downloadgroff-8d3f1e99b794abac5e791952550089c073d7cf8e.tar.gz
* font/devdvi/DESC.in: Change size 11pt to 10.95pt (as used in
LaTeX 2e). * NEWS: Document it. * man/troff.man: Minor optical improvements. * font/*/*: Implement it.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/groff.man38
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/man/groff.man b/man/groff.man
index b666b1ee..11ecf22f 100644
--- a/man/groff.man
+++ b/man/groff.man
@@ -84,12 +84,20 @@ fdl.txt in the main directory of the groff source package.
.de ESc
. ds @tmp@ \\$1
. TP 14n
-. \"br
. BR \\e(\&\\*[@tmp@] \ \ \ \\(\\*[@tmp@]
. shift 1
\\$*.
. rm @tmp@
..
+.\" 2-escapes (special characters) with extra argument
+.de EScx
+. ds @tmp@ \\$1
+. TP 14n
+. BR \\e(\&\\*[@tmp@] \ \ \ \\$2
+. shift 2
+\\$*.
+. rm @tmp@
+..
.\" Greek characters
.de GREEK
. ds OLDT@BS \\n[.tabs]
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ fdl.txt in the main directory of the groff source package.
.\" synopsis for registers
.de REG
. TP 10n
-\&\\fI\\en[\\fP\\fB\\$1\\fP\\fI]\\fP
+\&\\en[\\fB\\$1\\fP]
. shift 1
.if \\n[.$] \&\\$*
..
@@ -179,7 +187,7 @@ There are two kinds of commands, possibly with arguments.
.B Requests
are written on a line of their own starting with a dot `.', whereas
.B escape sequences
-are in-line formatting elements starting with a backslash `\e\'.
+are in-line formatting elements starting with a backslash `\e'.
User-defined formatting commands are called
.B macros
and are used exactly like requests.
@@ -226,8 +234,8 @@ T}
.B Numerical expressions
are the common combinations of the numerical values defined above with
the arithmetical operators `+', `-', `*', `/', `%' (mod), the
-comparative operators `==' (same as `='), `>', `<`, `>=', `<=', the
-logical operators `&' (and), `:` (or), `!' (not), and parentheses `(' and
+comparative operators `==' (same as `='), `>', `<', `>=', `<=', the
+logical operators `&' (and), `:' (or), `!' (not), and parentheses `(' and
`)'.
.LP
Moreover,
@@ -299,7 +307,7 @@ tab (@);
LB LR.
c\fIch@True if there is a character \fIch\fP available.
d\fIname@T{
-True if is a string, macro, diversion, or request named
+True if there is a string, macro, diversion, or request named
.IR \fIname\fP .
T}
e@Current page number is even.
@@ -382,14 +390,14 @@ Begin line adjustment for output lines in current adjust mode.
.REQ .ad c
Start line adjustment in mode mode
.I c
-.RI ( c \(eq\f(CWl,r,b,n\fP).
+.RI ( c \(eq\fCl,r,b,n\fP).
.\"
.REQ .af register c
Assign format
.I c
to
.I register
-.RI ( c \(eq\f(CW1,i,I,a,A\fP).
+.RI ( c \(eq\fC1,i,I,a,A\fP).
.\"
.REQ .aln alias register
Create alias name for
@@ -1564,7 +1572,7 @@ Bell sign, former AT&T copyright mark, not implemented in groff.
.ESc lh Left hand
.ESc lk ? Left (k)urley
.ESc lt Left top
-.ESc mi Minus sign; same as \e-
+.ESc mi Minus sign; same as \e\-
.ESc mo Member of
.ESc mu Multiplication sign
.ESc no Logical NOT sign
@@ -1597,10 +1605,10 @@ Bell sign, former AT&T copyright mark, not implemented in groff.
.ESc >= Larger or equal
.ESc <= Less or equal
.ESc != Not equal
-.ESc -> Right arrow
-.ESc <- Left arrow
+.EScx \-> \(-> Right arrow
+.EScx <\- \(<- Left arrow
.ESc ** Asterisk
-.ESc +- Plus-minus sign
+.EScx +\- \(+- Plus-minus sign
.ESc ~= Approximately equal
.PD
.LP
@@ -1610,7 +1618,7 @@ to the initial sequence
being a 2-letter sequence with an asterisk as its first letter.
For example, Greek
.I alpha
-is defined as \f(CW\e(*a\fP.
+is defined as \fC\e(*a\fP.
.LP
.GREEK a alpha A Alpha
.GREEK b beta B Beta
@@ -1636,7 +1644,7 @@ is defined as \f(CW\e(*a\fP.
.GREEK x chi X Chi
.GREEK y eta Y eta
.GREEK z zeta Z Zeta
-.if t \{\\
+.if t \{\
.ds OLDT@BS \n[.tabs]
. ta T 0.6c
. LP
@@ -2108,8 +2116,10 @@ In
the
.B .ps
request ignores scale indicators and so
+.RS
.LP
.B .ps\ 10u
+.RE
.LP
will set the pointsize to 10 points, whereas in groff native mode the
pointsize will be set to 10 scaled points.