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author | wl <wl> | 2005-09-04 09:41:36 +0000 |
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committer | wl <wl> | 2005-09-04 09:41:36 +0000 |
commit | 79967873471a953c0692d9ad7edb51e8f3255962 (patch) | |
tree | 87d705e4f2b5acf075727ea95340a8de83f747ad /tmac | |
parent | 8ab9883931714199272190df172266b04188c708 (diff) | |
download | groff-79967873471a953c0692d9ad7edb51e8f3255962.tar.gz |
* tmac/groff_ms.man, doc/groff.texinfo: Synchronize.
* tmac/groff_ms.man: Document `PO' better.
* NEWS: Document grotty changes.
Diffstat (limited to 'tmac')
-rw-r--r-- | tmac/groff_ms.man | 55 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tmac/groff_ms.man b/tmac/groff_ms.man index ec57657a..258670fb 100644 --- a/tmac/groff_ms.man +++ b/tmac/groff_ms.man @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ '\" t .ig -Copyright (C) 1989-1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1989-1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 + Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice @@ -888,6 +889,19 @@ prints the floating keep at the top of the new page. This is useful for printing large graphics or tables that do not need to appear exactly where specified. . +.PP +The macros +.B B1 +and +.B B2 +can be used to enclose a text within a box; +.B .B1 +begins the box, and +.B .B2 +ends it. +Text in the box is automatically placed in a diversion +(keep). +. . .SS "Tables, figures, equations, and references" . @@ -1281,7 +1295,7 @@ are not implemented. . .IP \(bu .I "Groff ms" -does not work in compatibility mode (e.g.\& with the +does not work in compatibility mode (e.g., with the .B \-C option). . @@ -1304,12 +1318,13 @@ documentation says that the and .B GW number registers can be used to control the column width and -gutter width respectively. -These number registers are not used in groff ms. +gutter width, respectively. +These number registers are not used in +.IR "groff ms" . . .IP \(bu Macros that cause a reset -(paragraphs, headings, etc.) +(paragraphs, headings, etc.\&) may change the indent. Macros that change the indent do not increment or decrement the indent, but rather set it absolutely. @@ -1338,6 +1353,20 @@ they are being formatted with Unix or .I "groff ms" should use this number register. +. +.IP \(bu +To make +.I "groff ms" +use the default page offset (which also specifies the left margin), +the +.B PO +number register must stay undefined until the first +.B ms +macro is evaluated. +This implies that +.B PO +should not be used early in the document, unless it is changed also: +Remember that accessing an undefined register automatically defines it. .br .ne 23 . @@ -1376,6 +1405,18 @@ The .B \[rs]*- string produces an em dash \[em] like this. . +.PP +Use +.B \[rs]*Q +and +.B \[rs]*U +to get a left and right typographer's quote, +respectively, in +.I troff +(and plain quotes in +.IR nroff ). + +. . .SS Text Settings . @@ -1396,7 +1437,7 @@ at initialization these are set to .BR \[rs]n(PS-2 , .BR \[rs]n[FPS]+2 , and -.B \[rs]n(PD/2 +.BR \[rs]n(PD/2 , respectively. If any of these registers are defined before initialization, the initialization macro does not change them. @@ -1450,7 +1491,7 @@ Names used outside the module in which they are defined are of the form . .IP \(bu Names associated with a particular environment are of the form -.IB \%environment : name; +.IB \%environment : name\fR; these are used only within the .B par module. |