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GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE gtroff - format documents SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS ggggttttrrrrooooffffffff [ ----aaaabbbbiiiivvvvzzzzCCCCEEEERRRR ] [ ----wwww_n_a_m_e ] [ ----WWWW_n_a_m_e ] [ ----dddd_c_s ] [ ----ffff_f_a_m ] [ ----mmmm_n_a_m_e ] [ ----nnnn_n_u_m ] [ ----oooo_l_i_s_t ] [ ----rrrr_c_n ] [ ----TTTT_n_a_m_e ] [ ----FFFF_d_i_r ] [ ----MMMM_d_i_r ] [ _f_i_l_e_s... ] DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN This manual page describes the GNU version of ttttrrrrooooffffffff, which is part of the groff document formatting system. It is highly compatible with Unix troff. Usually it should be invoked using the groff command, which will also run preprocessors and postprocessors in the appropriate order and with the appropriate options. OOOOPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNNSSSS ----aaaa Generate an ASCII approximation of the typeset output. ----bbbb Print a backtrace with each warning or error message. This backtrace should help track down the cause of the error. The line numbers given in the backtrace may not always correct: troff's idea of line numbers gets confused by aaaassss or aaaammmm requests. ----iiii Read the standard input after all the named input files have been processed. ----vvvv Print the version number. ----wwww_n_a_m_e Enable warning _n_a_m_e. Available warnings are described in the Warnings subsection below. Multiple ----wwww options are allowed. ----WWWW_n_a_m_e Inhibit warning _n_a_m_e. Multiple ----WWWW options are allowed. ----EEEE Inhibit all error messages. ----zzzz Suppress formatted output. ----CCCC Enable compatibility mode. ----dddd_c_s ----dddd_n_a_m_e====_s Define _c or _n_a_m_e to be a string _s; _c must be a one letter name. ----ffff_f_a_m Use _f_a_m as the default font family. ----mmmm_n_a_m_e Read in the file ttttmmmmaaaacccc...._n_a_m_e. Normally this will be Page 1 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) searched for in /usr/local/lib/groff/tmac. ----RRRR Don't load ttttrrrrooooffffffffrrrrcccc. ----nnnn_n_u_m Number the first page _n_u_m. ----oooo_l_i_s_t Output only pages in _l_i_s_t, which is a comma- separated list of page ranges; _n means print page _n, _m----_n means print every page between _m and _n, ----_n means print every page up to _n, _n---- means print every page from _n. TTTTrrrrooooffffffff will exit after printing the last page in the list. ----rrrr_c_n ----rrrr_n_a_m_e====_n Set number register _c or _n_a_m_e to _n; _c must be a one character name; _n can be any troff numeric expression. ----TTTT_n_a_m_e Prepare output for device _n_a_m_e, rather than the default ppppssss. ----FFFF_d_i_r Search _d_i_r for subdirectories ddddeeeevvvv_n_a_m_e (_n_a_m_e is the name of the device) for the DDDDEEEESSSSCCCC file and font files before the normal ////uuuussssrrrr////llllooooccccaaaallll////lllliiiibbbb////ggggrrrrooooffffffff////ffffoooonnnntttt. ----MMMM_d_i_r Search directory _d_i_r for macro files before the normal ////uuuussssrrrr////llllooooccccaaaallll////lllliiiibbbb////ggggrrrrooooffffffff////ttttmmmmaaaacccc. UUUUSSSSAAAAGGGGEEEE Only the features not in Unix troff are described here. LLLLoooonnnngggg nnnnaaaammmmeeeessss The names of number registers, fonts, strings/macros/diversions, special characters can be of any length. In escape sequences, where you can use ((((_x_x for a two character name, you can use [[[[_x_x_x]]]] for a name of arbitrary length: \\\\[[[[_x_x_x]]]] Print the special character called _x_x_x. \\\\ffff[[[[_x_x_x]]]] Set font _x_x_x. \\\\****[[[[_x_x_x]]]] Interpolate string _x_x_x. \\\\nnnn[[[[_x_x_x]]]] Interpolate number register _x_x_x. FFFFrrrraaaaccccttttiiiioooonnnnaaaallll ppppooooiiiinnnnttttssssiiiizzzzeeeessss A _s_c_a_l_e_d _p_o_i_n_t is equal to 1/sizescale points, where Page 2 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) sizescale is specified in the DDDDEEEESSSSCCCC file (1 by default.) There is a new scale indicator zzzz which has the effect of multiplying by sizescale. Requests and escape sequences in troff interpret arguments that represent a pointsize as being in units of scaled points, but they evaluate each such argument using a default scale indicator of zzzz. Arguments treated in this way are the argument to the ppppssss request, the third argument to the ccccssss request, the second and fourth arguments to the ttttkkkkffff request, the argument to the \\\\HHHH escape sequence, and those variants of the \\\\ssss escape sequence that take a numeric expression as their argument. For example, suppose sizescale is 1000; then a scaled point will be equivalent to a millipoint; the request ....ppppssss 11110000....22225555 is equivalent to ....ppppssss 11110000....22225555zzzz and so sets the pointsize to 10250 scaled points, which is equal to 10.25 points. The number register \\\\nnnn((((....ssss returns the pointsize in points as decimal fraction. There is also a new number register \\\\nnnn[[[[....ppppssss]]]] that returns the pointsize in scaled points. It would make no sense to use the zzzz scale indicator in a numeric expression whose default scale indicator was neither uuuu nor zzzz, and so ttttrrrrooooffffffff disallows this. Similarly it would make no sense to use a scaling indicator other than zzzz or uuuu in a numeric expression whose default scale indicator was zzzz, and so ttttrrrrooooffffffff disallows this as well. There is also new scale indicator ssss which multiplies by the number of units in a scaled point. So, for example, \\\\nnnn[[[[....ppppssss]]]]ssss is equal to 1111mmmm. Be sure not to confuse the ssss and zzzz scale indicators. NNNNuuuummmmeeeerrrriiiicccc eeeexxxxpppprrrreeeessssssssiiiioooonnnnssss Spaces are permitted in a number expression within parentheses. MMMM indicates a scale of 100ths of an em. _e_1>>>>????_e_2 The maximum of _e_1 and _e_2. _e_1<<<<????_e_2 The minimum of _e_1 and _e_2. ((((_c;;;;_e)))) Evaluate _e using _c as the default scaling indicator. If _c is missing, ignore scaling indicators in the evaluation of _e. NNNNeeeewwww eeeessssccccaaaappppeeee sssseeeeqqqquuuueeeennnncccceeeessss \\\\AAAA''''_a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g'''' Page 3 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) This expands to 1111 or 0000 according as _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g is or is not acceptable as the name of a string, macro, diversion, number register, environment or font. It will return 0000 if _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g is empty. This is useful if you want to lookup user input in some sort of associative table. \\\\CCCC''''_x_x_x'''' Typeset character named _x_x_x. Normally it is more convenient to use \\\\[[[[_x_x_x]]]]. But \\\\CCCC has the advantage that it is compatible with recent versions of UNIX and is available in compatibility mode. \\\\EEEE This is equivalent to an escape character, but it's not interpreted in copy-mode. For example, strings to start and end superscripting could be defined like this: .ds { \v'-.3m'\s'\En[.s]*6u/10u' .ds } \s0\v'.3m' The use of \\\\EEEE ensures that these definitions will work even if \\\\****{{{{ gets interpreted in copy-mode (for example, by being used in a macro argument.) \\\\NNNN''''_n'''' Typeset the character with code _n in the current font. _n can be any integer. Most devices only have characters with codes between 0 and 255. If the current font does not contain a character with that code, special fonts will _n_o_t be searched. The \\\\NNNN escape sequence can be conveniently used on conjunction with the cccchhhhaaaarrrr request: ....cccchhhhaaaarrrr \\\\[[[[pppphhhhoooonnnneeee]]]] \\\\ffff((((ZZZZDDDD\\\\NNNN''''33337777'''' The code of each character is given in the fourth column in the font description file after the cccchhhhaaaarrrrsssseeeetttt command. It is possible to include unnamed characters in the font description file by using a name of ------------; the \\\\NNNN escape sequence is the only way to use these. \\\\RRRR''''_n_a_m_e +__n'''' This has the same effect as ....nnnnrrrr _n_a_m_e +__n \\\\ssss((((_n_n \\\\ssss++++____((((_n_n Set the point size to _n_n points; _n_n must be exactly two digits. Page 4 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) \\\\ssss[[[[++++_____n]]]] \\\\ssss++++____[[[[_n]]]] \\\\ssss''''++++_____n'''' \\\\ssss++++____''''_n'''' Set the point size to _n scaled points; _n is a numeric expression with a default scale indicator of zzzz. \\\\VVVV_x \\\\VVVV((((_x_x \\\\VVVV[[[[_x_x_x]]]] Interpolate the contents of the environment variable _x_x_x , as returned by ggggeeeetttteeeennnnvvvv(3). \\\\VVVV is interpreted in copy-mode. \\\\YYYY_x \\\\YYYY((((_x_x \\\\YYYY[[[[_x_x_x]]]] This is approximately equivalent to \\\\XXXX''''\\\\****[[[[_x_x_x]]]]''''. However the contents of the string or macro _x_x_x are not interpreted; also it is permitted for _x_x_x to have been defined as a macro and thus contain newlines (it is not permitted for the argument to \\\\XXXX to contain newlines). The inclusion of newlines requires an extension to the Unix troff output format, and will confuse drivers that do not know about this extension. \\\\ZZZZ''''_a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g'''' Print anything and then restore the horizontal and vertical position; _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g may not contain tabs or leaders. \\\\$$$$0000 The name by which the current macro was invoked. The aaaallllssss request can make a macro have more than one name. \\\\$$$$**** In a macro, the concatenation of all the arguments separated by spaces. \\\\$$$$@@@@ In a macro, the concatenation of all the arguments with each surrounded by double quotes, and separated by spaces. \\\\$$$$((((_n_n \\\\$$$$[[[[_n_n_n]]]] In a macro, this gives the _n_n-th or _n_n_n-th argument. Macros can have a unlimited number of arguments. \\\\????_a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g\\\\???? When used in a diversion, this will transparently embed _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g in the diversion. _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g is read in copy mode. When the diversion is reread, _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g will be interpreted. _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g may not contain newlines; use \\\\!!!! if you want to embed newlines in a diversion. The Page 5 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) escape sequence \\\\???? is also recognised in copy mode and turned into a single internal code; it is this code that terminates _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g. Thus ....nnnnrrrr xxxx 1111 ....nnnnffff ....ddddiiii dddd \\\\????\\\\\\\\????\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\????\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nnnnxxxx\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\????\\\\\\\\????\\\\???? ....ddddiiii ....nnnnrrrr xxxx 2222 ....ddddiiii eeee ....dddd ....ddddiiii ....nnnnrrrr xxxx 3333 ....ddddiiii ffff ....eeee ....ddddiiii ....nnnnrrrr xxxx 4444 ....ffff will print 4444. \\\\//// This increases the width of the preceding character so that the spacing between that character and the following character will be correct if the following character is a roman character. For example, if an italic f is immediately followed by a roman right parenthesis, then in many fonts the top right portion of the f will overlap the top left of the right parenthesis producing _f), which is ugly. Inserting \\\\//// produces _f) and avoids this problem. It is a good idea to use this escape sequence whenever an italic character is immediately followed by a roman character without any intervening space. \\\\,,,, This modifies the spacing of the following character so that the spacing between that character and the preceding character will correct if the preceding character is a roman character. For example, inserting \\\\,,,, between the parenthesis and the f changes (_f to (_f. It is a good idea to use this escape sequence whenever a roman character is immediately followed by an italic character without any intervening space. \\\\)))) Like \\\\&&&& except that it behaves like a character declared with the ccccffffllllaaaaggggssss request to be transparent for the purposes of end of sentence recognition. \\\\~~~~ This produces an unbreakable space that stretches like a normal inter-word space when a line is adjusted. \\\\#### Everything up to and including the next newline is ignored. This is interpreted in copy mode. This is Page 6 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) like \\\\%%%% except that \\\\%%%% does not ignore the terminating newline. NNNNeeeewwww rrrreeeeqqqquuuueeeessssttttssss ....aaaallllnnnn _x_x _y_y Create an alias _x_x for number register object named _y_y. The new name and the old name will be exactly equivalent. If _y_y is undefined, a warning of type rrrreeeegggg will be generated, and the request will be ignored. ....aaaallllssss _x_x _y_y Create an alias _x_x for request, string, macro, or diversion object named _y_y. The new name and the old name will be exactly equivalent (it is similar to a hard rather than a soft link). If _y_y is undefined, a warning of type mmmmaaaacccc will be generated, and the request will be ignored. The ddddeeee, aaaammmm, ddddiiii, ddddaaaa, ddddssss, and aaaassss requests only create a new object if the name of the macro, diversion or string diversion is currently undefined or if it is defined to be a request; normally they modify the value of an existing object. ....aaaasssscccciiiiiiiiffffyyyy _x_x This request only exists in order to make it possible to make certain gross hacks work with GNU troff. It `unformats' the diversion _x_x in such a way that ASCII characters that were formatted and diverted into _x_x will be treated like ordinary input characters when _x_x is reread. For example, this ....ttttrrrr @@@@.... ....ddddiiii xxxx @@@@nnnnrrrr\\\\ nnnn\\\\ 1111 ....bbbbrrrr ....ddddiiii ....ttttrrrr @@@@@@@@ ....aaaasssscccciiiiiiiiffffyyyy xxxx ....xxxx will set register nnnn to 1. ....bbbbaaaacccckkkkttttrrrraaaacccceeee Print a backtrace of the input stack on stderr. ....bbbbrrrreeeeaaaakkkk Break out of a while loop. See also the wwwwhhhhiiiilllleeee and ccccoooonnnnttttiiiinnnnuuuueeee requests. Be sure not to confuse this with the bbbbrrrr request. ....ccccffffllllaaaaggggssss _n _c_1 _c_2... Characters _c_1, _c_2,... have properties determined by _n, Page 7 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) which is ORed from the following: 1 the character ends sentences (initially characters ....????!!!! have this property); 2 lines can be broken before the character (initially no characters have this property); a line will not be broken at a character with this property unless the characters on each side both have non-zero hyphenation codes. 4 lines can be broken after the character (initially characters ----\\\\((((hhhhyyyy\\\\((((eeeemmmm have this property); a line will not be broken at a character with this property unless the characters on each side both have non-zero hyphenation codes. 8 the character overlaps horizontally (initially characters \\\\((((uuuullll\\\\((((rrrrnnnn\\\\((((rrrruuuu have this property); 16 the character overlaps vertically (initially character \\\\((((bbbbrrrr has this property); 32 an end of sentence character followed by any number of characters with this property will be treated as the end of a sentence if followed by a newline or two spaces; in other words the character is transparent for the purposes of end of sentence recognition; this is the same as having a zero space factor in TeX (initially characters """"''''))))]]]]****\\\\((((ddddgggg\\\\((((rrrrqqqq have this property). ....cccchhhhaaaarrrr _c _s_t_r_i_n_g Define character _c to be _s_t_r_i_n_g. Every time character _c needs to be printed, _s_t_r_i_n_g will be processed in a temporary environment and the result will be wrapped up into a single object. Compatibility mode will be turned off and the escape character will be set to \\\\ while _s_t_r_i_n_g is being processed. Any emboldening, constant spacing or track kerning will be applied to this object rather than to individual characters in _s_t_r_i_n_g. A character defined by this request can be used just like a normal character provided by the output device. In particular other characters can be translated to it with the ttttrrrr request; it can be made the leader character by the llllcccc request; repeated patterns can be drawn with the character using the \\\\llll and \\\\LLLL escape sequences; words containing the character can be hyphenated correctly, if the hhhhccccooooddddeeee request is used to give the character a hyphenation code. There is a special anti-recursion feature: use of character within the character's definition will be handled like Page 8 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) normal characters not defined with cccchhhhaaaarrrr. A character definition can be removed with the rrrrcccchhhhaaaarrrr request. ....cccchhhhoooopppp _x_x Chop the last character off macro, string, or diversion _x_x. This is useful for removing the newline from the end of diversions that are to be interpolated as strings. ....cccclllloooosssseeee _s_t_r_e_a_m Close the stream named _s_t_r_e_a_m; _s_t_r_e_a_m will no longer be an acceptable argument to the wwwwrrrriiiitttteeee request. See the ooooppppeeeennnn request. ....ccccoooonnnnttttiiiinnnnuuuueeee Finish the current iteration of a while loop. See also the wwwwhhhhiiiilllleeee and bbbbrrrreeeeaaaakkkk requests. ....ccccpppp _n If _n is non-zero or missing, enable compatibility mode, otherwise disable it. In compatibility mode, long names are not recognised, and the incompatibilities caused by long names do not arise. ....ddddoooo _x_x_x Interpret ._x_x_x with compatibility mode disabled. For example, ....ddddoooo ffffaaaammmm TTTT would have the same effect as ....ffffaaaammmm TTTT except that it would work even if compatibility mode had been enabled. Note that the previous compatibility mode is restored before any files sourced by _x_x_x are interpreted. ....ffffaaaammmm _x_x Set the current font family to _x_x. The current font family is part of the current environment. See the description of the ssssttttyyyy request for more information on font families. ....ffffssssppppeeeecccciiiiaaaallll _f _s_1 _s_2... When the current font is _f, fonts _s_1, _s_2,... will be special, that is, they will searched for characters not in the current font. Any fonts specified in the ssssppppeeeecccciiiiaaaallll request will be searched after fonts specified in the ffffssssppppeeeecccciiiiaaaallll request. Page 9 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) ....ffffttttrrrr _f _g Translate font _f to _g. Whenever a font named _f is referred to in \\\\ffff escape sequence, or in the fffftttt, uuuullll, bbbbdddd, ccccssss, ttttkkkkffff, ssssppppeeeecccciiiiaaaallll, ffffssssppppeeeecccciiiiaaaallll, ffffpppp, or ssssttttyyyy requests, font _g will be used. If _g is missing, or equal to _f then font _f will not be translated. ....hhhhccccooooddddeeee _c_1 _c_o_d_e_1 _c_2 _c_o_d_e_2... Set the hyphenation code of character _c_1 to _c_o_d_e_1 and that of _c_2 to _c_o_d_e_2. A hyphenation code must be a single input character (not a special character) other than a digit or a space. Initially each lower-case letter has a hyphenation code, which is itself, and each upper-case letter has a hyphenation code which is the lower case version of itself. See also the hhhhppppffff request. ....hhhhllllaaaa _l_a_n_g Set the current hyphenation language to _l_a_n_g. Hyphenation exceptions specified with the hhhhwwww request and hyphenation patterns specified with the hhhhppppffff request are both associated with the current hyphenation language. The hhhhllllaaaa request is usually invoked by the ttttrrrrooooffffffffrrrrcccc file. ....hhhhllllmmmm _n Set the maximum number of consecutive hyphenated lines to _n. If _n is negative, there is no maximum. The default value is -1. This value is associated with the current environment. Only lines output from an environment count towards the maximum associated with that environment. Hyphens resulting from \\\\%%%% are counted; explicit hyphens are not. ....hhhhppppffff _f_i_l_e Read hyphenation patterns from _f_i_l_e; this will be searched for in the same way that ttttmmmmaaaacccc...._n_a_m_e is searched for when the ----mmmm_n_a_m_e option is specified. It should have the same format as the argument to the \patterns primitive in TeX; the letters appearing in this file are interpreted as hyphenation codes. A %%%% character in the patterns file introduces a comment that continues to the end of the line. The set of hyphenation patterns is associated with the current language set by the hhhhllllaaaa request. The hhhhppppffff request is usually invoked by the ttttrrrrooooffffffffrrrrcccc file. ....hhhhyyyymmmm _n Set the _h_y_p_h_e_n_a_t_i_o_n _m_a_r_g_i_n to _n: when the current adjustment mode is not bbbb, the line will not be hyphenated if the line is no more than _n short. The default hyphenation margin is 0. The default scaling Page 10 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) indicator for this request is _m. The hyphenation margin is associated with the current environment. The current hyphenation margin is available in the \\\\nnnn[[[[....hhhhyyyymmmm]]]] register. ....hhhhyyyyssss _n Set the _h_y_p_h_e_n_a_t_i_o_n _s_p_a_c_e to _n: when the current adjustment mode is bbbb don't hyphenate the line if the line can be justified by adding no more than _n extra space to each word space. The default hyphenation space is 0. The default scaling indicator for this request is mmmm. The hyphenation space is associated with the current environment. The current hyphenation space is available in the \\\\nnnn[[[[....hhhhyyyyssss]]]] register. ....kkkkeeeerrrrnnnn _n If _n is non-zero or missing, enable pairwise kerning, otherwise disable it. ....mmmmssssoooo _f_i_l_e The same as the ssssoooo request except that _f_i_l_e is searched for in the same way that ttttmmmmaaaacccc...._n_a_m_e is searched for when the ----mmmm_n_a_m_e option is specified. ....nnnnrrrrooooffffffff Make the nnnn built-in condition true and the tttt built-in condition false. This can be reversed using the ttttrrrrooooffffffff request. ....ooooppppeeeennnn _s_t_r_e_a_m _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e Open _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e for writing and associate the stream named _s_t_r_e_a_m with it. See also the cccclllloooosssseeee and wwwwrrrriiiitttteeee requests. ....ooooppppeeeennnnaaaa _s_t_r_e_a_m _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e Like ooooppppeeeennnn, but if _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e exists, append to it instead of truncating it. ....ppppnnnnrrrr Print the names and contents of all currently defined number registers on stderr. ....ppppssssoooo _c_o_m_m_a_n_d This is behaves like the ssssoooo request except that input comes from the standard output of _c_o_m_m_a_n_d. ....ppppttttrrrr Print the names and positions of all traps (not including input line traps and diversion traps) on stderr. Empty slots in the page trap list are printed as well, because they can affect the priority of subsequently planted traps. ....rrrrcccchhhhaaaarrrr _c_1 _c_2... Page 11 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) Remove the definitions of characters _c_1, _c_2,... This undoes the effect of a cccchhhhaaaarrrr request. ....rrrrjjjj ....rrrrjjjj _n Right justify the next _n input lines. Without an argument right justify the next input line. The number of lines to be right justified is available in the \\\\nnnn[[[[....rrrrjjjj]]]] register. This implicitly does ....cccceeee 0000. The cccceeee request implicitly does ....rrrrjjjj 0000. ....rrrrnnnnnnnn _x_x _y_y Rename number register _x_x to _y_y. ....sssshhhhcccc _c Set the soft hyphen character to _c. If _c is omitted, the soft hyphen character will be set to the default \\\\((((hhhhyyyy. The soft hyphen character is the character which will be inserted when a word is hyphenated at a line break. If the soft hyphen character does not exist in the font of the character immediately preceding a potential break point, then the line will not be broken at that point. Neither definitions (specified with the cccchhhhaaaarrrr request) nor translations (specified with the ttttrrrr request) are considered when finding the soft hyphen character. ....sssshhhhiiiifffftttt _n In a macro, shift the arguments by _n positions: argument _i becomes argument _i-_n; arguments 1 to _n will no longer be available. If _n is missing, arguments will be shifted by 1. Shifting by negative amounts is currently undefined. ....ssssppppeeeecccciiiiaaaallll _s_1 _s_2... Fonts _s_1, _s_2, are special and will be searched for characters not in the current font. ....ssssttttyyyy _n _f Associate style _f with font position _n. A font position can be associated either with a font or with a style. The current font is the index of a font position and so is also either a font or a style. When it is a style, the font that is actually used is the font the name of which is the concatenation of the name of the current family and the name of the current style. For example, if the current font is 1 and font position 1 is associated with style RRRR and the current font family is TTTT, then font TTTTRRRR will be used. If the current font is not a style, then the current family is ignored. When the requests ccccssss, bbbbdddd, ttttkkkkffff, uuuuffff, or ffffssssppppeeeecccciiiiaaaallll are applied to a style, then they will instead Page 12 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) be applied to the member of the current family corresponding to that style. The default family can be set with the ----ffff option. The styles command in the DESC file controls which font positions (if any) are initially associated with styles rather than fonts. ....ttttkkkkffff _f _s_1 _n_1 _s_2 _n_2 Enable track kerning for font _f. When the current font is _f the width of every character will be increased by an amount between _n_1 and _n_2; when the current point size is less than or equal to _s_1 the width will be increased by _n_1; when it is greater than or equal to _s_2 the width will be increased by _n_2; when the point size is greater than or equal to _s_1 and less than or equal to _s_2 the increase in width is a linear function of the point size. ....ttttrrrrffff _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e Transparently output the contents of file _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e. Each line is output as it would be were it preceded by \\\\!!!!; however, the lines are not subject to copy-mode interpretation. If the file does not end with a newline, then a newline will be added. For example, you can define a macro _x containing the contents of file _f, using ....ddddiiii _x ....ttttrrrrffff _f ....ddddiiii Unlike with the ccccffff request, the file cannot contain characters such as NUL that are not legal troff input characters. ....ttttrrrrnnnntttt aaaabbbbccccdddd This is the same as the ttttrrrr request except that the translations do not apply to text that is transparently throughput into a diversion with \\\\!!!!. For example, ....ttttrrrr aaaabbbb ....ddddiiii xxxx \\\\!!!!....ttttmmmm aaaa ....ddddiiii ....xxxx will print bbbb; if ttttrrrrnnnntttt is used instead of ttttrrrr it will print aaaa. ....ttttrrrrooooffffffff Make the nnnn built-in condition false, and the tttt built-in condition true. This undoes the effect of the nnnnrrrrooooffffffff request. Page 13 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) ....vvvvpppptttt _n Enable vertical position traps if _n is non-zero, disable them otherwise. Vertical position traps are traps set by the wwwwhhhh or ddddtttt requests. Traps set by the iiiitttt request are not vertical position traps. The parameter that controls whether vertical position traps are enabled is global. Initially vertical position traps are enabled. ....wwwwaaaarrrrnnnn _n Control warnings. _n is the sum of the numbers associated with each warning that is to be enabled; all other warnings will be disabled. The number associated with each warning is listed in the `Warnings' section. For example, ....wwwwaaaarrrrnnnn 0000 will disable all warnings, and ....wwwwaaaarrrrnnnn 1111 will disable all warnings except that about missing characters. If _n is not given, all warnings will be enabled. ....wwwwhhhhiiiilllleeee _c _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g While condition _c is true, accept _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g as input; _c can be any condition acceptable to an iiiiffff request; _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g can comprise multiple lines if the first line starts with \\\\{{{{ and the last line ends with \\\\}}}}. See also the bbbbrrrreeeeaaaakkkk and ccccoooonnnnttttiiiinnnnuuuueeee requests. ....wwwwrrrriiiitttteeee _s_t_r_e_a_m _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g Write _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g to the stream named _s_t_r_e_a_m. _s_t_r_e_a_m must previously have been the subject of an ooooppppeeeennnn request. _a_n_y_t_h_i_n_g is read in copy mode; a leading """" will be stripped. EEEExxxxtttteeeennnnddddeeeedddd rrrreeeeqqqquuuueeeessssttttssss ....ccccffff _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e When used in a diversion, this will embed in the diversion an object which, when reread, will cause the contents of _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e to be transparently copied through to the output. In Unix troff, the contents of _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e is immediately copied through to the output regardless of whether there is a current diversion; this behaviour is so anomalous that it must be considered a bug. ....eeeevvvv _x_x If _x_x is not a number, this will switch to a named environment called _x_x. The environment should be popped with a matching eeeevvvv request without any arguments, just as for numbered environments. There is no limit on the number of named environments; they will be created the first time that they are referenced. ....ffffpppp _n _f_1 _f_2 The ffffpppp request has an optional third argument. This Page 14 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) argument gives the external name of the font, which is used for finding the font description file. The second argument gives the internal name of the font which is used to refer to the font in troff after it has been mounted. If there is no third argument then the internal name will be used as the external name. This feature allows you to use fonts with long names in compatibility mode. ....ssssssss _m _n When two arguments are given to the ssssssss request, the second argument gives the _s_e_n_t_e_n_c_e _s_p_a_c_e _s_i_z_e. If the second argument is not given, the sentence space size will be the same as the word space size. Like the word space size, the sentence space is in units of one twelfth of the spacewidth parameter for the current font. Initially both the word space size and the sentence space size are 12. The sentence space size is used in two circumstances: if the end of a sentence occurs at the end of a line in fill mode, then both an inter-word space and a sentence space will be added; if two spaces follow the end of a sentence in the middle of a line, then the second space will be a sentence space. Note that the behaviour of Unix troff will be exactly that exhibited by GNU troff if a second argument is never given to the ssssssss request. In GNU troff, as in Unix troff, you should always follow a sentence with either a newline or two spaces. ....ttttaaaa _n_1 _n_2..._n_n TTTT _r_1 _r_2..._r_n Set tabs at positions _n_1, _n_2,..., _n_n and then set tabs at _n_n+_r_1, _n_n+_r_2,...., _n_n+_r_n and then at _n_n+_r_n+_r_1, _n_n+_r_n+_r_2,..., _n_n+_r_n+_r_n, and so on. For example, ....ttttaaaa TTTT ....5555iiii will set tabs every half an inch. NNNNeeeewwww nnnnuuuummmmbbbbeeeerrrr rrrreeeeggggiiiisssstttteeeerrrrssss The following read-only registers are available: \\\\nnnn[[[[....CCCC]]]] 1 if compatibility mode is in effect, 0 otherwise. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ccccddddpppp]]]] The depth of the last character added to the current environment. It is positive if the character extends below the baseline. \\\\nnnn[[[[....cccceeee]]]] The number of lines remaining to be centered, as set by the cccceeee request. Page 15 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) \\\\nnnn[[[[....cccchhhhtttt]]]] The height of the last character added to the current environment. It is positive if the character extends above the baseline. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ccccsssskkkk]]]] The skew of the last character added to the current environment. The _s_k_e_w of a character is how far to the right of the center of a character the center of an accent over that character should be placed. \\\\nnnn[[[[....eeeevvvv]]]] The name or number of the current environment. This is a string-valued register. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ffffaaaammmm]]]] The current font family. This is a string-valued register. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ffffpppp]]]] The number of the next free font position. \\\\nnnn[[[[....gggg]]]] Always 1. Macros should use this to determine whether they are running under GNU troff. \\\\nnnn[[[[....hhhhllllaaaa]]]] The current hyphenation language as set by the hhhhllllaaaa request. \\\\nnnn[[[[....hhhhllllcccc]]]] The number of immediately preceding consecutive hyphenated lines. \\\\nnnn[[[[....hhhhllllmmmm]]]] The maximum allowed number of consecutive hyphenated lines, as set by the hhhhllllmmmm request. \\\\nnnn[[[[....hhhhyyyy]]]] The current hyphenation flags (as set by the hhhhyyyy request.) \\\\nnnn[[[[....hhhhyyyymmmm]]]] The current hyphenation margin (as set by the hhhhyyyymmmm request.) \\\\nnnn[[[[....hhhhyyyyssss]]]] The current hyphenation space (as set by the hhhhyyyyssss request.) \\\\nnnn[[[[....iiiinnnn]]]] The indent that applies to the current output line. Page 16 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) \\\\nnnn[[[[....kkkkeeeerrrrnnnn]]]] 1111 if pairwise kerning is enabled, 0000 otherwise. \\\\nnnn[[[[....llllgggg]]]] The current ligature mode (as set by the llllgggg request.) \\\\nnnn[[[[....llllllll]]]] The line length that applies to the current output line. \\\\nnnn[[[[....lllltttt]]]] The title length as set by the lllltttt request. \\\\nnnn[[[[....nnnneeee]]]] The amount of space that was needed in the last nnnneeee request that caused a trap to be sprung. Useful in conjunction with the \\\\nnnn[[[[....ttttrrrruuuunnnncccc]]]] register. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ppppnnnn]]]] The number of the next page: either the value set by a ppppnnnn request, or the number of the current page plus 1. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ppppssss]]]] The current pointsize in scaled points. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ppppssssrrrr]]]] The last-requested pointsize in scaled points. \\\\nnnn[[[[....rrrrjjjj]]]] The number of lines to be right-justified as set by the rrrrjjjj request. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ssssrrrr]]]] The last requested pointsize in points as a decimal fraction. This is a string-valued register. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ttttaaaabbbbssss]]]] A string representation of the current tab settings suitable for use as an argument to the ttttaaaa request. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ttttrrrruuuunnnncccc]]]] The amount of vertical space truncated by the most recently sprung vertical position trap, or, if the trap was sprung by a nnnneeee request, minus the amount of vertical motion produced by the nnnneeee request. In other words, at the point a trap is sprung, it represents the difference of what the vertical position would have been but for the trap, and what the vertical position actually is. Useful in conjunction with the \\\\nnnn[[[[....nnnneeee]]]] register. \\\\nnnn[[[[....ssssssss]]]] Page 17 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) \\\\nnnn[[[[....ssssssssssss]]]] These give the values of the parameters set by the first and second arguments of the ssssssss request. \\\\nnnn[[[[....vvvvpppptttt]]]] 1 if vertical position traps are enabled, 0 otherwise. \\\\nnnn[[[[....wwwwaaaarrrrnnnn]]]] The sum of the numbers associated with each of the currently enabled warnings. The number associated with each warning is listed in the `Warnings' subsection. \\\\nnnn((((....xxxx The major version number. For example, if the version number is 1111....00003333 then \\\\nnnn((((....xxxx will contain 1111. \\\\nnnn((((....yyyy The minor version number. For example, if the version number is 1111....00003333 then \\\\nnnn((((....yyyy will contain 00003333. The following registers are set by the \\\\wwww escape sequence: \\\\nnnn[[[[rrrrsssstttt]]]] \\\\nnnn[[[[rrrrssssbbbb]]]] Like the sssstttt and ssssbbbb registers, but takes account of the heights and depths of characters. \\\\nnnn[[[[sssssssscccc]]]] The amount of horizontal space (possibly negative) that should be added to the last character before a subscript. \\\\nnnn[[[[sssskkkkwwww]]]] How far to right of the center of the last character in the \\\\wwww argument, the center of an accent from a roman font should be placed over that character. The following read/write number registers are available: \\\\nnnn[[[[ssssyyyyssssttttaaaatttt]]]] The return value of the system() function executed by the last ssssyyyy request. \\\\nnnn[[[[sssslllliiiimmmmiiiitttt]]]] If greater than 0, the maximum number of objects on the input stack. If less than or equal to 0, there is no limit on the number of objects on the input stack. With no limit, recursion can continue until virtual memory is exhausted. MMMMiiiisssscccceeeellllllllaaaannnneeeeoooouuuussss Fonts not listed in the DESC file are automatically mounted Page 18 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) on the next available font position when they are referenced. If a font is to be mounted explicitly with the ffffpppp request on an unused font position, it should be mounted on the first unused font position, which can be found in the \\\\nnnn[[[[....ffffpppp]]]] register; although ttttrrrrooooffffffff does not enforce this strictly, it will not allow a font to be mounted at a position whose number is much greater than that of any currently used position. Interpolating a string does not hide existing macro arguments. Thus in a macro, a more efficient way of doing ...._x_x \\\\\\\\$$$$@@@@ is \\\\\\\\****[[[[_x_x]]]]\\\\\\\\ If the font description file contains pairwise kerning information, characters from that font will be kerned. Kerning between two characters can be inhibited by placing a \\\\&&&& between them. In a string comparison in a condition, characters that appear at different input levels to the first delimiter character will not be recognised as the second or third delimiters. This applies also to the ttttllll request. In a \\\\wwww escape sequence, a character that appears at a different input level to the starting delimiter character will not be recognised as the closing delimiter character. When decoding a macro argument that is delimited by double quotes, a character that appears at a different input level to the starting delimiter character will not be recognised as the closing delimiter character. The implementation of \\\\$$$$@@@@ ensures that the double quotes surrounding an argument will appear the same input level, which will be different to the input level of the argument itself. In a long escape name ]]]] will not be recognized as a closing delimiter except when it occurs at the same input level as the opening ]]]]. In compatibility mode, no attention is paid to the input-level. There are some new types of condition: ....iiiiffff rrrr_x_x_x True if there is a number register named _x_x_x. ....iiiiffff dddd_x_x_x True if there is a string, macro, diversion, or request named _x_x_x. ....iiiiffff cccc_c_h True if there is a character _c_h available; _c_h is either Page 19 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) an ASCII character or a special character \\\\((((_x_x or \\\\[[[[_x_x_x]]]]; the condition will also be true if _c_h has been defined by the cccchhhhaaaarrrr request. WWWWaaaarrrrnnnniiiinnnnggggssss The warnings that can be given by ttttrrrrooooffffffff are divided into the following categories. The name associated with each warning is used by the ----wwww and ----WWWW options; the number is used by the wwwwaaaarrrrnnnn request, and by the ....wwwwaaaarrrrnnnn register. cccchhhhaaaarrrr 1 Non-existent characters. This is enabled by default. nnnnuuuummmmbbbbeeeerrrr 2 Invalid numeric expressions. This is enabled by default. bbbbrrrreeeeaaaakkkk 4 In fill mode, lines which could not be broken so that their length was less than the line length. This is enabled by default. ddddeeeelllliiiimmmm 8 Missing or mismatched closing delimiters. eeeellll 16 Use of the eeeellll request with no matching iiiieeee request. ssssccccaaaalllleeee 32 Meaningless scaling indicators. rrrraaaannnnggggeeee 64 Out of range arguments. ssssyyyynnnnttttaaaaxxxx 128 Dubious syntax in numeric expressions. ddddiiii 256 Use of ddddiiii or ddddaaaa without an argument when there is no current diversion. mmmmaaaacccc 512 Use of undefined strings, macros and diversions. When an undefined string, macro or diversion is used, that string is automatically defined as empty. So, in most cases, at most one warning will be given for each name. rrrreeeegggg 1024 Use of undefined number registers. When an undefined number register is used, that register is automatically defined to have a value of 0. a definition is automatically made with a value of 0. So, in most cases, at most one warning will be given for use of a particular name. ttttaaaabbbb 2048 Inappropriate use of a tab character. Page 20 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) Either use of a tab character where a number was expected, or use of tab character in an unquoted macro argument. rrrriiiigggghhhhtttt----bbbbrrrraaaacccceeee 4096 Use of \\\\}}}} where a number was expected. mmmmiiiissssssssiiiinnnngggg 8192 Requests that are missing non-optional arguments. iiiinnnnppppuuuutttt 16384 Illegal input characters. eeeessssccccaaaappppeeee 32768 Unrecognized escape sequences. When an unrecognized escape sequence is encountered, the escape character is ignored. ssssppppaaaacccceeee 65536 Missing space between a request or macro and its argument. This warning will be given when an undefined name longer than two characters is encountered, and the first two characters of the name make a defined name. The request or macro will not be invoked. When this warning is given, no macro is automatically defined. This is enabled by default. This warning will never occur in compatibility mode. ffffoooonnnntttt 131072 Non-existent fonts. This is enabled by default. iiiigggg 262144 Illegal escapes in text ignored with the iiiigggg request. These are conditions that are errors when they do not occur in ignored text. There are also names that can be used to refer to groups of warnings: aaaallllllll All warnings except ddddiiii, mmmmaaaacccc and rrrreeeegggg. It is intended that this covers all warnings that are useful with traditional macro packages. wwww All warnings. IIIInnnnccccoooommmmppppaaaattttiiiibbbbiiiilllliiiittttiiiieeeessss Long names cause some incompatibilities. Unix troff will interpret ....ddddssssaaaabbbbccccdddd as defining a string aaaabbbb with contents ccccdddd. Normally, GNU troff will interpret this as a call of a macro named ddddssssaaaabbbbccccdddd. Page 21 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) Also Unix troff will interpret \\\\****[[[[ or \\\\nnnn[[[[ as references to a string or number register called [[[[. In GNU troff, however, this will normally be interpreted as the start of a long name. In _c_o_m_p_a_t_i_b_i_l_i_t_y _m_o_d_e GNU troff will interpret these things in the traditional way. In compatibility mode, however, long names are not recognised. Compatibility mode can be turned on with the ----CCCC command line option, and turned on or off with the ccccpppp request. The number register \\\\nnnn((((....CCCC is 1 if compatibility mode is on, 0 otherwise. GNU troff does not allow the use of the escape sequences \\\\\\\\||||\\\\^^^^\\\\&&&&\\\\}}}}\\\\{{{{\\\\(space)\\\\''''\\\\````\\\\----\\\\____\\\\!!!!\\\\%%%%\\\\cccc in names of strings, macros, diversions, number registers, fonts or environments; Unix troff does. The \\\\AAAA escape sequence may be helpful in avoiding use of these escape sequences in names. Fractional pointsizes cause one noteworthy incompatibility. In Unix troff the ppppssss request ignores scale indicators and so ....ppppssss 11110000uuuu will set the pointsize to 10 points, whereas in GNU troff it will set the pointsize to 10 scaled points. In GNU troff there is a fundamental difference between unformatted, input characters, and formatted, output characters. Everything that affects how an output character will be output is stored with the character; once an output character has been constructed it is unaffected by any subsequent requests that are executed, including bbbbdddd, ccccssss, ttttkkkkffff, ttttrrrr, or ffffpppp requests. Normally output characters are constructed from input characters at the moment immediately before the character is added to the current output line. Macros, diversions and strings are all, in fact, the same type of object; they contain lists of input characters and output characters in any combination. An output character does not behave like an input character for the purposes of macro processing; it does not inherit any of the special properties that the input character from which it was constructed might have had. For example, ....ddddiiii xxxx \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ....bbbbrrrr ....ddddiiii ....xxxx will print \\\\\\\\ in GNU troff; each pair of input \\\\s is turned into one output \\\\ and the resulting output \\\\s are not interpreted as escape characters when they are reread. Unix troff would interpret them as escape characters when they Page 22 (printed 3/9/94) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) GGGGrrrrooooffffffff VVVVeeeerrrrssssiiiioooonnnn 1111....00009999 ((((22224444 FFFFeeeebbbbrrrruuuuaaaarrrryyyy 1111999999994444)))) GGGGTTTTRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF((((1111)))) were reread and would end up printing one \\\\. The correct way to obtain a printable \\\\ is to use the \\\\eeee escape sequence: this will always print a single instance of the current escape character, regardless of whether or not it is used in a diversion; it will also work in both GNU troff and Unix troff. If you wish for some reason to store in a diversion an escape sequence that will be interpreted when the diversion is reread, you can either use the traditional \\\\!!!! transparent output facility, or, if this is unsuitable, the new \\\\???? escape sequence. EEEENNNNVVVVIIIIRRRROOOONNNNMMMMEEEENNNNTTTT GGGGRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF____TTTTMMMMAAAACCCC____PPPPAAAATTTTHHHH A colon separated list of directories in which to search for macro files. GGGGRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF____TTTTYYYYPPPPEEEESSSSEEEETTTTTTTTEEEERRRR Default device. GGGGRRRROOOOFFFFFFFF____FFFFOOOONNNNTTTT____PPPPAAAATTTTHHHH A colon separated list of directories in which to search for the ddddeeeevvvv_n_a_m_e directory. ttttrrrrooooffffffff will search in directories given in the ----FFFF option before these, and in standard directories (....::::////uuuussssrrrr////llllooooccccaaaallll////lllliiiibbbb////ggggrrrrooooffffffff////ffffoooonnnntttt::::////uuuussssrrrr////llllooooccccaaaallll////lllliiiibbbb////ffffoooonnnntttt::::////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////ffffoooonnnntttt) after these. FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS ////uuuussssrrrr////llllooooccccaaaallll////lllliiiibbbb////ggggrrrrooooffffffff////ttttmmmmaaaacccc////ttttrrrrooooffffffffrrrrcccc Initialization file ////uuuussssrrrr////llllooooccccaaaallll////lllliiiibbbb////ggggrrrrooooffffffff////ttttmmmmaaaacccc////ttttmmmmaaaacccc...._n_a_m_e Macro files ////uuuussssrrrr////llllooooccccaaaallll////lllliiiibbbb////ggggrrrrooooffffffff////ffffoooonnnntttt////ddddeeeevvvv_n_a_m_e////DDDDEEEESSSSCCCC Device description file for device _n_a_m_e. ////uuuussssrrrr////llllooooccccaaaallll////lllliiiibbbb////ggggrrrrooooffffffff////ffffoooonnnntttt////ddddeeeevvvv_n_a_m_e////_F Font file for font _F of device _n_a_m_e. SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO ggggrrrrooooffffffff(1) ggggttttbbbbllll(1), ggggppppiiiicccc(1), ggggeeeeqqqqnnnn(1), ggggrrrrooooppppssss(1), ggggrrrrooooddddvvvviiii(1), ggggrrrroooottttttttyyyy(1), ggggrrrrooooffffffff____ffffoooonnnntttt(5), ggggrrrrooooffffffff____oooouuuutttt(5), ggggrrrrooooffffffff____cccchhhhaaaarrrr(7) Page 23 (printed 3/9/94)