Add two request `.device' and `.devicem' which are equivalent to

`\X' and `\Y', respectively.

* src/roff/troff/input.cpp (device_request, device_macro_request):
New functions.
(init_input_requests): Register them.

* doc/groff.texinfo, man/groff_diff.man, man/groff.man, NEWS:
Document them.

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/man/groff.man b/man/groff.man
index 49708f15..afc3a9d1 100644
--- a/man/groff.man
+++ b/man/groff.man
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .ig
 groff.man
 
-Last update: 13 Mar 2006
+Last update: 27 Mar 2006
 
 This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system.
 
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ Change
 .I trap
 location
 to
-.I N .
+.IR N .
 .
 .REQ .char c anything
 Define character
@@ -1464,12 +1464,22 @@ Same as
 .request .dei
 but with compatibility mode switched off during macro expansion.
 .
+.REQ .device anything
+Write
+.I anything
+to the intermediate output as a device control function.
+.
+.REQ .devicem name
+Write contents of macro or string
+.I name
+uninterpreted to the intermediate output as a device control function.
+.
 .REQ .di
 End current diversion.
 .
 .REQ .di macro
 Divert to
-.I macro .
+.IR macro .
 .
 .REQ .do name
 Interpret
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.man b/man/groff_diff.man
index ea59556c..e160a860 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.man
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .ig
 groff_diff.man
 
-Last update : 24 Feb 2006
+Last update : 27 Mar 2006
 
 This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system.
 It is the source of the man-page groff_diff(7).
@@ -1297,6 +1297,23 @@ Similar to the
 request but compatibility mode is switched off during execution.
 .
 .TP
+.BI .device\  anything
+This is (almost) the same as the
+.B \[rs]X
+escape.
+.I anything
+is read in copy mode; a leading\~\c
+.B \[dq]
+is stripped.
+.
+.TP
+.BI .devicem\  xx
+This is the same as the
+.B \[rs]Y
+escape (to embed the contents of a macro into the intermediate
+output preceded with `x\~X').
+.
+.TP
 .BI .do\  xxx
 Interpret
 .I .xxx