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File: groff,  Node: Drawing Requests,  Next: Traps,  Prev: Page Motions,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.23 Drawing Requests
=====================

`gtroff' provides a number of ways to draw lines and other figures on
the page.  Used in combination with the page motion commands (see *Note
Page Motions::, for more info), a wide variety of figures can be drawn.
However, for complex drawings these operations can be quite
cumbersome, and it may be wise to use graphic preprocessors like `gpic'
or `ggrn'.  *Note gpic::, and *Note ggrn::, for more information.

   All drawing is done via escapes.

 -- Escape: \l'l'
 -- Escape: \l'lg'
     Draw a line horizontally.  L is the length of the line to be
     drawn.  If it is positive, start the line at the current location
     and draw to the right; its end point is the new current location.
     Negative values are handled differently: The line starts at the
     current location and draws to the left, but the current location
     doesn't move.

     L can also be specified absolutely (i.e. with a leading `|') which
     draws back to the beginning of the input line.  Default scaling
     indicator is `m'.

     The optional second parameter G is a glyph to draw the line with.
     If this second argument is not specified, `gtroff' uses the
     underscore glyph, `\[ru]'.

     To separate the two arguments (to prevent `gtroff' from
     interpreting a drawing glyph as a scaling indicator if the glyph is
     represented by a single character) use `\&'.

     Here a small useful example:


          .de box
          \[br]\\$*\[br]\l'|0\[rn]'\l'|0\[ul]'
          ..

     Note that this works by outputting a box rule (a vertical line),
     then the text given as an argument and then another box rule.
     Finally, the line drawing escapes both draw from the current
     location to the beginning of the _input_ line - this works because
     the line length is negative, not moving the current point.

 -- Escape: \L'l'
 -- Escape: \L'lg'
     Draw vertical lines.  Its parameters are similar to the `\l'
     escape, except that the default scaling indicator is `v'.  The
     movement is downwards for positive values, and upwards for
     negative values.  The default glyph is the box rule glyph,
     `\[br]'.  As with the vertical motion escapes, text processing
     blindly continues where the line ends.


          This is a \L'3v'test.

     Here the result, produced with `grotty'.


          This is a
                    |
                    |
                    |test.


 -- Escape: \D'command arg ...'
     The `\D' escape provides a variety of drawing functions.  Note
     that on character devices, only vertical and horizontal lines are
     supported within `grotty'; other devices may only support a subset
     of the available drawing functions.

     The default scaling indicator for all subcommands of `\D' is `m'
     for horizontal distances and `v' for vertical ones.  Exceptions
     are `\D'f ...'' and `\D't ...'' which use `u' as the default, and
     `\D'FX ...'' which arguments are treated similar to the `defcolor'
     request.

    `\D'l DX DY''
          Draw a line from the current location to the relative point
          specified by (DX,DY), where positive values mean down and
          right, respectively.  The end point of the line is the new
          current location.

          The following example is a macro for creating a box around a
          text string; for simplicity, the box margin is taken as a
          fixed value, 0.2m.


               .de BOX
               .  nr @wd \w'\\$1'
               \h'.2m'\
               \h'-.2m'\v'(.2m - \\n[rsb]u)'\
               \D'l 0 -(\\n[rst]u - \\n[rsb]u + .4m)'\
               \D'l (\\n[@wd]u + .4m) 0'\
               \D'l 0 (\\n[rst]u - \\n[rsb]u + .4m)'\
               \D'l -(\\n[@wd]u + .4m) 0'\
               \h'.2m'\v'-(.2m - \\n[rsb]u)'\
               \\$1\
               \h'.2m'
               ..

          First, the width of the string is stored in register `@wd'.
          Then, four lines are drawn to form a box, properly offset by
          the box margin.  The registers `rst' and `rsb' are set by the
          `\w' escape, containing the largest height and depth of the
          whole string.

    `\D'c D''
          Draw a circle with a diameter of D with the leftmost point at
          the current position.  After drawing, the current location is
          positioned at the rightmost point of the circle.

    `\D'C D''
          Draw a solid circle with the same parameters and behaviour as
          an outlined circle.  No outline is drawn.

    `\D'e X Y''
          Draw an ellipse with a horizontal diameter of X and a vertical
          diameter of Y with the leftmost point at the current position.
          After drawing, the current location is positioned at the
          rightmost point of the ellipse.

    `\D'E X Y''
          Draw a solid ellipse with the same parameters and behaviour
          as an outlined ellipse.  No outline is drawn.

    `\D'a DX1 DY1 DX2 DY2''
          Draw an arc clockwise from the current location through the
          two specified relative locations (DX1,DY1) and (DX2,DY2).
          The coordinates of the first point are relative to the
          current position, and the coordinates of the second point are
          relative to the first point.  After drawing, the current
          position is moved to the final point of the arc.

    `\D'~ DX1 DY1 DX2 DY2 ...''
          Draw a spline from the current location to the relative point
          (DX1,DY1) and then to (DX2,DY2), and so on.  The current
          position is moved to the terminal point of the drawn curve.

    `\D'f N''
          Set the shade of gray to be used for filling solid objects
          to N; N must be an integer between 0 and 1000, where 0
          corresponds solid white and 1000 to solid black, and values
          in between correspond to intermediate shades of gray.  This
          applies only to solid circles, solid ellipses, and solid
          polygons.  By default, a level of 1000 is used.

          Despite of being silly, the current point is moved
          horizontally to the right by N.

          Don't use this command!  It has the serious drawback that it
          will be always rounded to the next integer multiple of the
          horizontal resolution (the value of the `hor' keyword in the
          `DESC' file).  Use `\M' (*note Colors::) or `\D'Fg ...''
          instead.

    `\D'p DX1 DY1 DX2 DY2 ...''
          Draw a polygon from the current location to the relative
          position (DX1,DY1) and then to (DX2,DY2) and so on.  When the
          specified data points are exhausted, a line is drawn back to
          the starting point.  The current position is changed by
          adding the sum of all arguments with odd index to the actual
          horizontal position and the even ones to the vertical
          position.

    `\D'P DX1 DY1 DX2 DY2 ...''
          Draw a solid polygon with the same parameters and behaviour
          as an outlined polygon.  No outline is drawn.

          Here a better variant of the box macro to fill the box with
          some color.  Note that the box must be drawn before the text
          since colors in `gtroff' are not transparent; the filled
          polygon would hide the text completely.


               .de BOX
               .  nr @wd \w'\\$1'
               \h'.2m'\
               \h'-.2m'\v'(.2m - \\n[rsb]u)'\
               \M[lightcyan]\
               \D'P 0 -(\\n[rst]u - \\n[rsb]u + .4m) \
                    (\\n[@wd]u + .4m) 0 \
                    0 (\\n[rst]u - \\n[rsb]u + .4m) \
                    -(\\n[@wd]u + .4m) 0'\
               \h'.2m'\v'-(.2m - \\n[rsb]u)'\
               \M[]\
               \\$1\
               \h'.2m'
               ..

    `\D't N''
          Set the current line thickness to N machine units.  A value of
          zero selects the smallest available line thickness.  A
          negative value makes the line thickness proportional to the
          current point size (this is the default behaviour of AT&T
          `troff').

          Despite of being silly, the current point is moved
          horizontally to the right by N.

    `\D'FSCHEME COLOR_COMPONENTS''
          Change current fill color.  SCHEME is a single letter
          denoting the color scheme: `r' (rgb), `c' (cmy), `k' (cmyk),
          `g' (gray), or `d' (default color).  The color components use
          exactly the same syntax as in the `defcolor' request (*note
          Colors::); the command `\D'Fd'' doesn't take an argument.

          _No_ position changing!

          Examples:


          \D'Fg .3'      \" same gray as \D'f 700' \D'Fr #0000ff' \"
          blue

   *Note Graphics Commands::.

 -- Escape: \b'string'
     "Pile" a sequence of glyphs vertically, and center it vertically
     on the current line.  Use it to build large brackets and braces.

     Here an example how to create a large opening brace:


          \b'\[lt]\[bv]\[lk]\[bv]\[lb]'

     The first glyph is on the top, the last glyph in STRING is at the
     bottom.  Note that `gtroff' separates the glyphs vertically by 1m,
     and the whole object is centered 0.5m above the current baseline;
     the largest glyph width is used as the width for the whole object.
     This rather unflexible positioning algorithm doesn't work with
     `-Tdvi' since the bracket pieces vary in height for this device.
     Instead, use the `eqn' preprocessor.

     *Note Manipulating Spacing::, how to adjust the vertical spacing
     with the `\x' escape.


File: groff,  Node: Traps,  Next: Diversions,  Prev: Drawing Requests,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.24 Traps
==========

"Traps" are locations, which, when reached, call a specified macro.
These traps can occur at a given location on the page, at a given
location in the current diversion, at a blank line, after a certain
number of input lines, or at the end of input.

   Setting a trap is also called "planting".  It is also said that a
trap is "sprung" if the associated macro is executed.

* Menu:

* Page Location Traps::
* Diversion Traps::
* Input Line Traps::
* Blank Line Traps::
* End-of-input Traps::


File: groff,  Node: Page Location Traps,  Next: Diversion Traps,  Prev: Traps,  Up: Traps

5.24.1 Page Location Traps
--------------------------

"Page location traps" perform an action when `gtroff' reaches or passes
a certain vertical location on the page.  Page location traps have a
variety of purposes, including:

   * setting headers and footers

   * setting body text in multiple columns

   * setting footnotes

 -- Request: .vpt flag
 -- Register: \n[.vpt]
     Enable vertical position traps if FLAG is non-zero, or disables
     them otherwise.  Vertical position traps are traps set by the `wh'
     or `dt' requests.  Traps set by the `it' request are not vertical
     position traps.  The parameter that controls whether vertical
     position traps are enabled is global.  Initially vertical position
     traps are enabled.  The current setting of this is available in the
     `.vpt' read-only number register.

     Note that a page can't be ejected if `vpt' is set to zero.

 -- Request: .wh dist [macro]
     Set a page location trap.  Non-negative values for DIST set the
     trap relative to the top of the page; negative values set the trap
     relative to the bottom of the page.  Default scaling indicator is
     `v'.

     MACRO is the name of the macro to execute when the trap is sprung.
     If MACRO is missing, remove the first trap (if any) at DIST.

     The following is a simple example of how many macro packages set
     headers and footers.


          .de hd                \" Page header
          '  sp .5i
          .  tl 'Title''date'
          '  sp .3i
          ..
          .
          .de fo                \" Page footer
          '  sp 1v
          .  tl ''%''
          '  bp
          ..
          .
          .wh 0   hd            \" trap at top of the page
          .wh -1i fo            \" trap one inch from bottom

     A trap at or below the bottom of the page is ignored; it can be
     made active by either moving it up or increasing the page length
     so that the trap is on the page.

     It is possible to have more than one trap at the same location; to
     do so, the traps must be defined at different locations, then
     moved together with the `ch' request; otherwise the second trap
     would replace the first one.  Earlier defined traps hide later
     defined traps if moved to the same position (the many empty lines
     caused by the `bp' request are omitted in the following example):


          .de a
          .  nop a
          ..
          .de b
          .  nop b
          ..
          .de c
          .  nop c
          ..
          .
          .wh 1i a
          .wh 2i b
          .wh 3i c
          .bp
              => a b c


          .ch b 1i
          .ch c 1i
          .bp
              => a


          .ch a 0.5i
          .bp
              => a b


 -- Register: \n[.t]
     A read-only number register holding the distance to the next trap.

     If there are no traps between the current position and the bottom
     of the page, it contains the distance to the page bottom.  In a
     diversion, the distance to the page bottom is infinite (the
     returned value is the biggest integer which can be represented in
     `groff') if there are no diversion traps.

 -- Request: .ch macro [dist]
     Change the location of a trap.  The first argument is the name of
     the macro to be invoked at the trap, and the second argument is
     the new location for the trap (note that the parameters are
     specified in opposite order as in the `wh' request).  This is
     useful for building up footnotes in a diversion to allow more
     space at the bottom of the page for them.

     Default scaling indicator for DIST is `v'.  If DIST is missing,
     the trap is removed.


 -- Register: \n[.ne]
     The read-only number register `.ne' contains the amount of space
     that was needed in the last `ne' request that caused a trap to be
     sprung.  Useful in conjunction with the `.trunc' register.  *Note
     Page Control::, for more information.

     Since the `.ne' register is only set by traps it doesn't make much
     sense to use it outside of trap macros.

 -- Register: \n[.trunc]
     A read-only register containing the amount of vertical space
     truncated by the most recently sprung vertical position trap, or,
     if the trap was sprung by an `ne' request, minus the amount of
     vertical motion produced by the `ne' 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.

     Since the `.trunc' register is only set by traps it doesn't make
     much sense to use it outside of trap macros.

 -- Register: \n[.pe]
     A read-only register which is set to 1 while a page is ejected with
     the `bp' request (or by the end of input).

     Outside of traps this register is always zero.  In the following
     example, only the second call to `x' is caused by `bp'.


          .de x
          \&.pe=\\n[.pe]
          .br
          ..
          .wh 1v x
          .wh 4v x
          A line.
          .br
          Another line.
          .br
              => A line.
                 .pe=0
                 Another line.

                 .pe=1


   An important fact to consider while designing macros is that
diversions and traps do not interact normally.  For example, if a trap
invokes a header macro (while outputting a diversion) which tries to
change the font on the current page, the effect will not be visible
before the diversion has completely been printed (except for input
protected with `\!' or `\?') since the data in the diversion is already
formatted.  In most cases, this is not the expected behaviour.


File: groff,  Node: Diversion Traps,  Next: Input Line Traps,  Prev: Page Location Traps,  Up: Traps

5.24.2 Diversion Traps
----------------------

 -- Request: .dt [dist macro]
     Set a trap _within_ a diversion.  DIST is the location of the trap
     (identical to the `wh' request; default scaling indicator is `v')
     and MACRO is the name of the macro to be invoked.  If called
     without arguments, the diversion trap is removed.

     Note that there exists only a single diversion trap.

     The number register `.t' still works within diversions.  *Note
     Diversions::, for more information.


File: groff,  Node: Input Line Traps,  Next: Blank Line Traps,  Prev: Diversion Traps,  Up: Traps

5.24.3 Input Line Traps
-----------------------

 -- Request: .it n macro
 -- Request: .itc n macro
     Set an input line trap.  N is the number of lines of input which
     may be read before springing the trap, MACRO is the macro to be
     invoked.  Request lines are not counted as input lines.

     For example, one possible use is to have a macro which prints the
     next N lines in a bold font.


          .de B
          .  it \\$1 B-end
          .  ft B
          ..
          .
          .de B-end
          .  ft R
          ..

     The `itc' request is identical except that an interrupted text
     line (ending with `\c') is not counted as a separate line.

     Both requests are associated with the current environment (*note
     Environments::); switching to another environment disables the
     current input trap, and going back reactivates it, restoring the
     number of already processed lines.


File: groff,  Node: Blank Line Traps,  Next: End-of-input Traps,  Prev: Input Line Traps,  Up: Traps

5.24.4 Blank Line Traps
-----------------------

 -- Request: .blm macro
     Set a blank line trap.  `gtroff' executes MACRO when it encounters
     a blank line in the input file.


File: groff,  Node: End-of-input Traps,  Prev: Blank Line Traps,  Up: Traps

5.24.5 End-of-input Traps
-------------------------

 -- Request: .em macro
     Set a trap at the end of input.  MACRO is executed after the last
     line of the input file has been processed.

     For example, if the document had to have a section at the bottom
     of the last page for someone to approve it, the `em' request could
     be used.


          .de approval
          .  ne 5v
          .  sp |(\\n[.t] - 6v)
          .  in +4i
          .  lc _
          .  br
          Approved:\t\a
          .  sp
          Date:\t\t\a
          ..
          .
          .em approval



File: groff,  Node: Diversions,  Next: Environments,  Prev: Traps,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.25 Diversions
===============

In `gtroff' it is possible to "divert" text into a named storage area.
Due to the similarity to defining macros it is sometimes said to be
stored in a macro.  This is used for saving text for output at a later
time, which is useful for keeping blocks of text on the same page,
footnotes, tables of contents, and indices.

   For orthogonality it is said that `gtroff' is in the "top-level
diversion" if no diversion is active (i.e., the data is diverted to the
output device).

 -- Request: .di macro
 -- Request: .da macro
     Begin a diversion.  Like the `de' request, it takes an argument of
     a macro name to divert subsequent text into.  The `da' macro
     appends to an existing diversion.

     `di' or `da' without an argument ends the diversion.

 -- Request: .box macro
 -- Request: .boxa macro
     Begin (or appends to) a diversion like the `di' and `da' requests.
     The difference is that `box' and `boxa' do not include a
     partially-filled line in the diversion.

     Compare this:


          Before the box.
          .box xxx
          In the box.
          .br
          .box
          After the box.
          .br
              => Before the box.  After the box.
          .xxx
              => In the box.

     with this:


          Before the diversion.
          .di yyy
          In the diversion.
          .br
          .di
          After the diversion.
          .br
              => After the diversion.
          .yyy
              => Before the diversion.  In the diversion.

     `box' or `boxa' without an argument ends the diversion.

 -- Register: \n[.z]
 -- Register: \n[.d]
     Diversions may be nested.  The read-only number register `.z'
     contains the name of the current diversion (this is a string-valued
     register).  The read-only number register `.d' contains the current
     vertical place in the diversion.  If not in a diversion it is the
     same as register `nl'.

 -- Register: \n[.h]
     The "high-water mark" on the current page.  It corresponds to the
     text baseline of the lowest line on the page.  This is a read-only
     register.


          .tm .h==\n[.h], nl==\n[nl]
              => .h==0, nl==-1
          This is a test.
          .br
          .sp 2
          .tm .h==\n[.h], nl==\n[nl]
              => .h==40, nl==120

     As can be seen in the previous example, empty lines are not
     considered in the return value of the `.h' register.

 -- Register: \n[dn]
 -- Register: \n[dl]
     After completing a diversion, the read-write number registers `dn'
     and `dl' contain the vertical and horizontal size of the diversion.
     Note that only the just processed lines are counted: For the
     computation of `dn' and `dl', the requests `da' and `boxa' are
     handled as if `di' and `box' had been used - lines which have been
     already stored in a macro are not taken into account.


          .\" Center text both horizontally & vertically
          .
          .\" Enclose macro definitions in .eo and .ec
          .\" to avoid the doubling of the backslash
          .eo
          .\" macro .(c starts centering mode
          .de (c
          .  br
          .  ev (c
          .  evc 0
          .  in 0
          .  nf
          .  di @c
          ..


          .\" macro .)c terminates centering mode
          .de )c
          .  br
          .  ev
          .  di
          .  nr @s (((\n[.t]u - \n[dn]u) / 2u) - 1v)
          .  sp \n[@s]u
          .  ce 1000
          .  @c
          .  ce 0
          .  sp \n[@s]u
          .  br
          .  fi
          .  rr @s
          .  rm @s
          .  rm @c
          ..
          .\" End of macro definitions, restore escape mechanism
          .ec


 -- Escape: \!
 -- Escape: \?anything\?
     Prevent requests, macros, and escapes from being interpreted when
     read into a diversion.  Both escapes take the given text and
     "transparently" embed it into the diversion.  This is useful for
     macros which shouldn't be invoked until the diverted text is
     actually output.

     The `\!' escape transparently embeds text up to and including the
     end of the line.  The `\?' escape transparently embeds text until
     the next occurrence of the `\?' escape.  Example:


          \?ANYTHING\?

     ANYTHING may not contain newlines; use `\!'  to embed newlines in
     a diversion.  The escape sequence `\?' is also recognized in copy
     mode and turned into a single internal code; it is this code that
     terminates ANYTHING.  Thus the following example prints 4.


          .nr x 1
          .nf
          .di d
          \?\\?\\\\?\\\\\\\\nx\\\\?\\?\?
          .di
          .nr x 2
          .di e
          .d
          .di
          .nr x 3
          .di f
          .e
          .di
          .nr x 4
          .f

     Both escapes read the data in copy mode.

     If `\!' is used in the top-level diversion, its argument is
     directly embedded into the `gtroff' intermediate output.  This can
     be used for example to control a postprocessor which processes the
     data before it is sent to the device driver.

     The `\?' escape used in the top-level diversion produces no output
     at all; its argument is simply ignored.

 -- Request: .output string
     Emit STRING directly to the `gtroff' intermediate output (subject
     to copy-mode interpretation); this is similar to `\!' used at the
     top level.  An initial double quote in STRING is stripped off to
     allow initial blanks.

     This request can't be used before the first page has started - if
     you get an error, simply insert `.br' before the `output' request.

     Without argument, `output' is ignored.

     Use with caution!  It is normally only needed for mark-up used by a
     postprocessor which does something with the output before sending
     it to the output device, filtering out STRING again.

 -- Request: .asciify div
     "Unformat" the diversion specified by DIV in such a way that ASCII
     characters, characters translated with the `trin' request, space
     characters, and some escape sequences that were formatted and
     diverted are treated like ordinary input characters when the
     diversion is reread.  It can be also used for gross hacks; for
     example, the following sets register `n' to 1.


          .tr @.
          .di x
          @nr n 1
          .br
          .di
          .tr @@
          .asciify x
          .x

     *Note Copy-in Mode::.

 -- Request: .unformat div
     Like `asciify', unformat the specified diversion.  However,
     `unformat' only unformats spaces and tabs between words.
     Unformatted tabs are treated as input tokens, and spaces are
     stretchable again.

     The vertical size of lines is not preserved; glyph information
     (font, font size, space width, etc.) is retained.


File: groff,  Node: Environments,  Next: Suppressing output,  Prev: Diversions,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.26 Environments
=================

It happens frequently that some text should be printed in a certain
format regardless of what may be in effect at the time, for example, in
a trap invoked macro to print headers and footers.  To solve this
`gtroff' processes text in "environments".  An environment contains
most of the parameters that control text processing.  It is possible to
switch amongst these environments; by default `gtroff' processes text
in environment 0.  The following is the information kept in an
environment.

   * font parameters (size, family, style, glyph height and slant, space
     and sentence space size)

   * page parameters (line length, title length, vertical spacing, line
     spacing, indentation, line numbering, centering, right-justifying,
     underlining, hyphenation data)

   * fill and adjust mode

   * tab stops, tab and leader characters, escape character, no-break
     and hyphen indicators, margin character data

   * partially collected lines

   * input traps

   * drawing and fill colours

   These environments may be given arbitrary names (see *Note
Identifiers::, for more info).  Old versions of `troff' only had
environments named `0', `1', and `2'.

 -- Request: .ev [env]
 -- Register: \n[.ev]
     Switch to another environment.  The argument ENV is the name of
     the environment to switch to.  With no argument, `gtroff' switches
     back to the previous environment.  There is no limit on the number
     of named environments; they are created the first time that they
     are referenced.  The `.ev' read-only register contains the name or
     number of the current environment.  This is a string-valued
     register.

     Note that a call to `ev' (with argument) pushes the previously
     active environment onto a stack.  If, say, environments `foo',
     `bar', and `zap' are called (in that order), the first `ev'
     request without parameter switches back to environment `bar'
     (which is popped off the stack), and a second call switches back
     to environment `foo'.

     Here is an example:


          .ev footnote-env
          .fam N
          .ps 6
          .vs 8
          .ll -.5i
          .ev

          ...

          .ev footnote-env
          \(dg Note the large, friendly letters.
          .ev


 -- Request: .evc env
     Copy the environment ENV into the current environment.

     The following environment data is not copied:

        * Partially filled lines.

        * The status whether the previous line was interrupted.

        * The number of lines still to center, or to right-justify, or
          to underline (with or without underlined spaces); they are
          set to zero.

        * The status whether a temporary indentation is active.

        * Input traps and its associated data.

        * Line numbering mode is disabled; it can be reactivated with
          `.nm +0'.

        * The number of consecutive hyphenated lines (set to zero).

 -- Register: \n[.w]
 -- Register: \n[.cht]
 -- Register: \n[.cdp]
 -- Register: \n[.csk]
     The `\n[.w]' register contains the width of the last glyph added
     to the current environment.

     The `\n[.cht]' register contains the height of the last glyph
     added to the current environment.

     The `\n[.cdp]' register contains the depth of the last glyph added
     to the current environment.  It is positive for glyphs extending
     below the baseline.

     The `\n[.csk]' register contains the "skew" (how far to the right
     of the glyph's center that `gtroff' should place an accent) of the
     last glyph added to the current environment.

 -- Register: \n[.n]
     The `\n[.n]' register contains the length of the previous output
     line in the current environment.


File: groff,  Node: Suppressing output,  Next: Colors,  Prev: Environments,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.27 Suppressing output
=======================

 -- Escape: \Onum
     Disable or enable output depending on the value of NUM:

    `\O0'
          Disable any glyphs from being emitted to the device driver,
          provided that the escape occurs at the outer level (see
          `\O[3]' and `\O[4]').  Motion is not suppressed so
          effectively `\O[0]' means _pen up_.

    `\O1'
          Enable output of glyphs, provided that the escape occurs at
          the outer level.

     `\O0' and `\O1' also reset the four registers `opminx', `opminy',
     `opmaxx', and `opmaxy' to -1.  *Note Register Index::.  These four
     registers mark the top left and bottom right hand corners of a box
     which encompasses all written glyphs.

     For example the input text:


          Hello \O[0]world \O[1]this is a test.

     produces the following output:


          Hello       this is a test.

    `\O2'
          Provided that the escape occurs at the outer level, enable
          output of glyphs and also write out to `stderr' the page
          number and four registers encompassing the glyphs previously
          written since the last call to `\O'.

    `\O3'
          Begin a nesting level.  At start-up, `gtroff' is at outer
          level.

    `\O4'
          End a nesting level.

    `\O[5PFILENAME]'
          This escape is `grohtml' specific.  Provided that this escape
          occurs at the outer nesting level write the `filename' to
          `stderr'.  The position of the image, P, must be specified
          and must be one of `l', `r', `c', or `i' (left, right,
          centered, inline).  FILENAME will be associated with the
          production of the next inline image.


File: groff,  Node: Colors,  Next: I/O,  Prev: Suppressing output,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.28 Colors
===========

 -- Request: .color [n]
 -- Register: \n[.color]
     If N is missing or non-zero, activate colors (this is the default);
     otherwise, turn it off.

     The read-only number register `.color' is 1 if colors are active,
     0 otherwise.

     Internally, `color' sets a global flag; it does not produce a
     token.  Similar to the `cp' request, you should use it at the
     beginning of your document to control color output.

     Colors can be also turned off with the `-c' command line option.

 -- Request: .defcolor ident scheme color_components
     Define color with name IDENT.  SCHEME can be one of  the following
     values: `rgb' (three components), `cmy' (three components), `cmyk'
     (four components), and `gray' or `grey' (one component).

     Color components can be given either as a hexadecimal string or as
     positive decimal integers in the range 0-65535.  A hexadecimal
     string contains all color components concatenated.  It must start
     with either `#' or `##'; the former specifies hex values in the
     range 0-255 (which are internally multiplied by 257), the latter
     in the range 0-65535.  Examples: `#FFC0CB' (pink), `##ffff0000ffff'
     (magenta).  The default color name value is device-specific
     (usually black).  It is possible that the default color for `\m'
     and `\M' is not identical.

     A new scaling indicator `f' has been introduced which multiplies
     its value by 65536; this makes it convenient to specify color
     components as fractions in the range 0 to 1 (1f equals 65536u).
     Example:


          .defcolor darkgreen rgb 0.1f 0.5f 0.2f

     Note that `f' is the default scaling indicator for the `defcolor'
     request, thus the above statement is equivalent to


          .defcolor darkgreen rgb 0.1 0.5 0.2


 -- Request: .gcolor [color]
 -- Escape: \mc
 -- Escape: \m(co
 -- Escape: \m[color]
 -- Register: \n[.m]
     Set (glyph) drawing color.  The following examples show how to
     turn the next four words red.


          .gcolor red
          these are in red
          .gcolor
          and these words are in black.


          \m[red]these are in red\m[] and these words are in black.

     The escape `\m[]' returns to the previous color, as does a call to
     `gcolor' without an argument.

     The name of the current drawing color is available in the
     read-only, string-valued number register `.m'.

     The drawing color is associated with the current environment
     (*note Environments::).

     Note that `\m' doesn't produce an input token in `gtroff'.  As a
     consequence, it can be used in requests like `mc' (which expects a
     single character as an argument) to change the color on the fly:


          .mc \m[red]x\m[]


 -- Request: .fcolor [color]
 -- Escape: \Mc
 -- Escape: \M(co
 -- Escape: \M[color]
 -- Register: \n[.M]
     Set fill (background) color for filled objects drawn with the
     `\D'...'' commands.

     A red ellipse can be created with the following code:


          \M[red]\h'0.5i'\D'E 2i 1i'\M[]

     The escape `\M[]' returns to the previous fill color, as does a
     call to `fcolor' without an argument.

     The name of the current fill (background) color is available in the
     read-only, string-valued number register `.M'.

     The fill color is associated with the current environment (*note
     Environments::).

     Note that `\M' doesn't produce an input token in `gtroff'.


File: groff,  Node: I/O,  Next: Postprocessor Access,  Prev: Colors,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.29 I/O
========

`gtroff' has several requests for including files:

 -- Request: .so file
     Read in the specified FILE and includes it in place of the `so'
     request.  This is quite useful for large documents, e.g. keeping
     each chapter in a separate file.  *Note gsoelim::, for more
     information.

     Since `gtroff' replaces the `so' request with the contents of
     `file', it makes a difference whether the data is terminated with
     a newline or not: Assuming that file `xxx' contains the word `foo'
     without a final newline, this


          This is
          .so xxx
          bar

     yields `This is foobar'.

     The search path for FILE can be controlled with the `-I' command
     line option.

 -- Request: .pso command
     Read the standard output from the specified COMMAND and includes
     it in place of the `pso' request.

     This request causes an error if used in safer mode (which is the
     default).  Use `groff''s or `troff''s `-U' option to activate
     unsafe mode.

     The comment regarding a final newline for the `so' request is valid
     for `pso' also.

 -- Request: .mso file
     Identical to the `so' request except that `gtroff' searches for
     the specified FILE in the same directories as macro files for the
     the `-m' command line option.  If the file name to be included has
     the form `NAME.tmac' and it isn't found, `mso' tries to include
     `tmac.NAME' and vice versa.

 -- Request: .trf file
 -- Request: .cf file
     Transparently output the contents of FILE.  Each line is output as
     if it were preceded by `\!'; however, the lines are not subject to
     copy mode interpretation.  If the file does not end with a newline,
     then a newline is added (`trf' only).  For example, to define a
     macro `x' containing the contents of file `f', use


          .di x
          .trf f
          .di

     Both `trf' and `cf', when used in a diversion, embeds an object in
     the diversion which, when reread, causes the contents of FILE to
     be transparently copied through to the output.  In UNIX `troff',
     the contents of FILE 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.

     While `cf' copies the contents of FILE completely unprocessed,
     `trf' disallows characters such as NUL that are not valid `gtroff'
     input characters (*note Identifiers::).

     Both requests cause a line break.

 -- Request: .nx [file]
     Force `gtroff' to continue processing of the file specified as an
     argument.  If no argument is given, immediately jump to the end of
     file.

 -- Request: .rd [prompt [arg1 arg2 ...]]
     Read from standard input, and include what is read as though it
     were part of the input file.  Text is read until a blank line is
     encountered.

     If standard input is a TTY input device (keyboard), write PROMPT
     to standard error, followed by a colon (or send BEL for a beep if
     no argument is given).

     Arguments after PROMPT are available for the input.  For example,
     the line


          .rd data foo bar

     with the input `This is \$2.' prints


          This is bar.


   Using the `nx' and `rd' requests, it is easy to set up form letters.
The form letter template is constructed like this, putting the
following lines into a file called `repeat.let':


     .ce
     \*(td
     .sp 2
     .nf
     .rd
     .sp
     .rd
     .fi
     Body of letter.
     .bp
     .nx repeat.let

When this is run, a file containing the following lines should be
redirected in.  Note that requests included in this file are executed
as though they were part of the form letter.  The last block of input
is the `ex' request which tells `groff' to stop processing.  If this
was not there, `groff' would not know when to stop.


     Trent A. Fisher
     708 NW 19th Av., #202
     Portland, OR  97209

     Dear Trent,

     Len Adollar
     4315 Sierra Vista
     San Diego, CA  92103

     Dear Mr. Adollar,

     .ex

 -- Request: .pi pipe
     Pipe the output of `gtroff' to the shell command(s) specified by
     PIPE.  This request must occur before `gtroff' has a chance to
     print anything.

     `pi' causes an error if used in safer mode (which is the default).
     Use `groff''s or `troff''s `-U' option to activate unsafe mode.

     Multiple calls to `pi' are allowed, acting as a chain.  For
     example,


          .pi foo
          .pi bar
          ...

     is the same as `.pi foo | bar'.

     Note that the intermediate output format of `gtroff' is piped to
     the specified commands.  Consequently, calling `groff' without the
     `-Z' option normally causes a fatal error.

 -- Request: .sy cmds
 -- Register: \n[systat]
     Execute the shell command(s) specified by CMDS.  The output is not
     saved anyplace, so it is up to the user to do so.

     This request causes an error if used in safer mode (which is the
     default).  Use `groff''s or `troff''s `-U' option to activate
     unsafe mode.

     For example, the following code fragment introduces the current
     time into a document:


          .sy perl -e 'printf ".nr H %d\\n.nr M %d\\n.nr S %d\\n",\
                       (localtime(time))[2,1,0]' > /tmp/x\n[$$]
          .so /tmp/x\n[$$]
          .sy rm /tmp/x\n[$$]
          \nH:\nM:\nS

     Note that this works by having the `perl' script (run by `sy')
     print out the `nr' requests which set the number registers `H',
     `M', and `S', and then reads those commands in with the `so'
     request.

     For most practical purposes, the number registers `seconds',
     `minutes', and `hours' which are initialized at start-up of
     `gtroff' should be sufficient.  Use the `af' request to get a
     formatted output:


          .af hours 00
          .af minutes 00
          .af seconds 00
          \n[hours]:\n[minutes]:\n[seconds]

     The `systat' read-write number register contains the return value
     of the `system()' function executed by the last `sy' request.

 -- Request: .open stream file
 -- Request: .opena stream file
     Open the specified FILE for writing and associates the specified
     STREAM with it.

     The `opena' request is like `open', but if the file exists, append
     to it instead of truncating it.

     Both `open' and `opena' cause an error if used in safer mode
     (which is the default).  Use `groff''s or `troff''s `-U' option to
     activate unsafe mode.

 -- Request: .write stream data
 -- Request: .writec stream data
     Write to the file associated with the specified STREAM.  The
     stream must previously have been the subject of an open request.
     The remainder of the line is interpreted as the `ds' request reads
     its second argument: A leading `"' is stripped, and it is read in
     copy-in mode.

     The `writec' request is like `write', but only `write' appends a
     newline to the data.

 -- Request: .writem stream xx
     Write the contents of the macro or string XX to the file
     associated with the specified STREAM.

     XX is read in copy mode, i.e., already formatted elements are
     ignored.  Consequently, diversions must be unformatted with the
     `asciify' request before calling `writem'.  Usually, this means a
     loss of information.

 -- Request: .close stream
     Close the specified STREAM; the stream is no longer an acceptable
     argument to the `write' request.

     Here a simple macro to write an index entry.


          .open idx test.idx
          .
          .de IX
          .  write idx \\n[%] \\$*
          ..
          .
          .IX test entry
          .
          .close idx


 -- Escape: \Ve
 -- Escape: \V(ev
 -- Escape: \V[env]
     Interpolate the contents of the specified environment variable ENV
     (one-character name E, two-character name EV) as returned by the
     function `getenv'.  `\V' is interpreted in copy-in mode.


File: groff,  Node: Postprocessor Access,  Next: Miscellaneous,  Prev: I/O,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.30 Postprocessor Access
=========================

There are two escapes which give information directly to the
postprocessor.  This is particularly useful for embedding POSTSCRIPT
into the final document.

 -- Escape: \X'xxx'
     Embeds its argument into the `gtroff' output preceded with `x X'.

     The escapes `\&', `\)', `\%', and `\:' are ignored within `\X',
     `\ ' and `\~' are converted to single space characters.  All other
     escapes (except `\\' which produces a backslash) cause an error.

     If the `use_charnames_in_special' keyword is set in the `DESC'
     file, special characters no longer cause an error; the name XX is
     represented as `\(XX)' in the `x X' output command.  Additionally,
     the backslash is represented as `\\'.

     `use_charnames_in_special' is currently used by `grohtml' only.

 -- Escape: \Yn
 -- Escape: \Y(nm
 -- Escape: \Y[name]
     This is approximately equivalent to `\X'\*[NAME]'' (one-character
     name N, two-character name NM).  However, the contents of the
     string or macro NAME are not interpreted; also it is permitted for
     NAME to have been defined as a macro and thus contain newlines (it
     is not permitted for the argument to `\X' to contain newlines).
     The inclusion of newlines requires an extension to the UNIX `troff'
     output format, and confuses drivers that do not know about this
     extension (*note Device Control Commands::).

   *Note Output Devices::.


File: groff,  Node: Miscellaneous,  Next: Gtroff Internals,  Prev: Postprocessor Access,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.31 Miscellaneous
==================

This section documents parts of `gtroff' which cannot (yet) be
categorized elsewhere in this manual.

 -- Request: .nm [start [inc [space [indent]]]]
     Print line numbers.  START is the line number of the _next_ output
     line.  INC indicates which line numbers are printed.  For example,
     the value 5 means to emit only line numbers which are multiples
     of 5; this defaults to 1.  SPACE is the space to be left between
     the number and the text; this defaults to one digit space.  The
     fourth argument is the indentation of the line numbers, defaulting
     to zero.  Both SPACE and INDENT are given as multiples of digit
     spaces; they can be negative also.  Without any arguments, line
     numbers are turned off.

     `gtroff' reserves three digit spaces for the line number (which is
     printed right-justified) plus the amount given by INDENT; the
     output lines are concatenated to the line numbers, separated by
     SPACE, and _without_ reducing the line length.  Depending on the
     value of the horizontal page offset (as set with the `po'
     request), line numbers which are longer than the reserved space
     stick out to the left, or the whole line is moved to the right.

     Parameters corresponding to missing arguments are not changed; any
     non-digit argument (to be more precise, any argument starting with
     a character valid as a delimiter for identifiers) is also treated
     as missing.

     If line numbering has been disabled with a call to `nm' without an
     argument, it can be reactivated with `.nm +0', using the
     previously active line numbering parameters.

     The parameters of `nm' are associated with the current environment
     (*note Environments::).  The current output line number is
     available in the number register `ln'.


          .po 1m
          .ll 2i
          This test shows how line numbering works with groff.
          .nm 999
          This test shows how line numbering works with groff.
          .br
          .nm xxx 3 2
          .ll -\w'0'u
          This test shows how line numbering works with groff.
          .nn 2
          This test shows how line numbering works with groff.

     And here the result:


           This  test shows how
           line numbering works
           999 with   groff.   This
          1000 test shows how  line
          1001 numbering works with
          1002 groff.
                This test shows how
                line      numbering
           works  with  groff.
           This test shows how
          1005  line      numbering
                works with groff.


 -- Request: .nn [skip]
     Temporarily turn off line numbering.  The argument is the number
     of lines not to be numbered; this defaults to 1.

 -- Request: .mc glyph [dist]
     Print a "margin character" to the right of the text.(1) (*note
     Miscellaneous-Footnote-1::)  The first argument is the glyph to be
     printed.  The second argument is the distance away from the right
     margin.  If missing, the previously set value is used; default is
     10pt).  For text lines that are too long (that is, longer than the
     text length plus DIST), the margin character is directly appended
     to the lines.

     With no arguments the margin character is turned off.  If this
     occurs before a break, no margin character is printed.

     For compatibility with AT&T `troff', a call to `mc' to set the
     margin character can't be undone immediately; at least one line
     gets a margin character.  Thus


          .ll 1i
          .mc \[br]
          .mc
          xxx
          .br
          xxx

     produces


          xxx        |
          xxx

     For empty lines and lines produced by the `tl' request no margin
     character is emitted.

     The margin character is associated with the current environment
     (*note Environments::).

     This is quite useful for indicating text that has changed, and, in
     fact, there are programs available for doing this (they are called
     `nrchbar' and `changebar' and can be found in any
     `comp.sources.unix' archive).


          .ll 3i
          .mc |
          This paragraph is highlighted with a margin
          character.
          .sp
          Note that vertical space isn't marked.
          .br
          \&
          .br
          But we can fake it with `\&'.

     Result:


          This  paragraph is highlighted |
          with a margin character.       |

          Note that vertical space isn't |
          marked.                        |
                                         |
          But we can fake it with `\&'.  |


 -- Request: .psbb filename
 -- Register: \n[llx]
 -- Register: \n[lly]
 -- Register: \n[urx]
 -- Register: \n[ury]
     Retrieve the bounding box of the PostScript image found in
     FILENAME.  The file must conform to Adobe's "Document Structuring
     Conventions" (DSC); the command searches for a `%%BoundingBox'
     comment and extracts the bounding box values into the number
     registers `llx', `lly', `urx', and `ury'.  If an error occurs (for
     example, `psbb' cannot find the `%%BoundingBox' comment), it sets
     the four number registers to zero.

     The search path for FILENAME can be controlled with the `-I'
     command line option.


File: groff,  Node: Miscellaneous-Footnotes,  Up: Miscellaneous

   (1) "Margin character" is a misnomer since it is an output glyph.


File: groff,  Node: Gtroff Internals,  Next: Debugging,  Prev: Miscellaneous,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.32 `gtroff' Internals
=======================

`gtroff' processes input in three steps.  One or more input characters
are converted to an "input token".(1) (*note Gtroff
Internals-Footnote-1::)  Then, one or more input tokens are converted
to an "output node".  Finally, output nodes are converted to the
intermediate output language understood by all output devices.

   Actually, before step one happens, `gtroff' converts certain escape
sequences into reserved input characters (not accessible by the user);
such reserved characters are used for other internal processing also -
this is the very reason why not all characters are valid input.  *Note
Identifiers::, for more on this topic.

   For example, the input string `fi\[:u]' is converted into a
character token `f', a character token `i', and a special token `:u'
(representing u umlaut).  Later on, the character tokens `f' and `i'
are merged to a single output node representing the ligature glyph `fi'
(provided the current font has a glyph for this ligature); the same
happens with `:u'.  All output glyph nodes are `processed' which means
that they are invariably associated with a given font, font size,
advance width, etc.  During the formatting process, `gtroff' itself
adds various nodes to control the data flow.

   Macros, diversions, and strings collect elements in two chained
lists: a list of input tokens which have been passed unprocessed, and a
list of output nodes.  Consider the following the diversion.


     .di xxx
     a
     \!b
     c
     .br
     .di

It contains these elements.

node list            token list   element number
line start node      --           1
glyph node `a'       --           2
word space node      --           3
--                   `b'          4
--                   `\n'         5
glyph node `c'       --           6
vertical size node   --           7
vertical size node   --           8
--                   `\n'         9

Elements 1, 7, and 8 are inserted by `gtroff'; the latter two (which
are always present) specify the vertical extent of the last line,
possibly modified by `\x'.  The `br' request finishes the current
partial line, inserting a newline input token which is subsequently
converted to a space when the diversion is reread.  Note that the word
space node has a fixed width which isn't stretchable anymore.  To
convert horizontal space nodes back to input tokens, use the `unformat'
request.

   Macros only contain elements in the token list (and the node list is
empty); diversions and strings can contain elements in both lists.

   Note that the `chop' request simply reduces the number of elements
in a macro, string, or diversion by one.  Exceptions are "compatibility
save" and "compatibility ignore" input tokens which are ignored.  The
`substring' request also ignores those input tokens.

   Some requests like `tr' or `cflags' work on glyph identifiers only;
this means that the associated glyph can be changed without destroying
this association.  This can be very helpful for substituting glyphs.
In the following example, we assume that glyph `foo' isn't available by
default, so we provide a substitution using the `fchar' request and map
it to input character `x'.


     .fchar \[foo] foo
     .tr x \[foo]

Now let us assume that we install an additional special font `bar'
which has glyph `foo'.


     .special bar
     .rchar \[foo]

Since glyphs defined with `fchar' are searched before glyphs in special
fonts, we must call `rchar' to remove the definition of the fallback
glyph.  Anyway, the translation is still active; `x' now maps to the
real glyph `foo'.

   Macro and request arguments preserve the compatibility mode:


     .cp 1     \" switch to compatibility mode
     .de xx
     \\$1
     ..
     .cp 0     \" switch compatibility mode off
     .xx caf\['e]
         => café

Since compatibility mode is on while `de' is called, the macro `xx'
activates compatibility mode while executing.  Argument `$1' can still
be handled properly because it inherits the compatibility mode status
which was active at the point where `xx' is called.

   After expansion of the parameters, the compatibility save and restore
tokens are removed.


File: groff,  Node: Gtroff Internals-Footnotes,  Up: Gtroff Internals

   (1) Except the escapes `\f', `\F', `\H', `\m', `\M', `\R', `\s', and
`\S' which are processed immediately if not in copy-in mode.


File: groff,  Node: Debugging,  Next: Implementation Differences,  Prev: Gtroff Internals,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.33 Debugging
==============

`gtroff' is not easy to debug, but there are some useful features and
strategies for debugging.

 -- Request: .lf line [filename]
     Change the line number and optionally the file name `gtroff' shall
     use for error and warning messages.  LINE is the input line number
     of the _next_ line.

     Without argument, the request is ignored.

     This is a debugging aid for documents which are split into many
     files, then put together with `soelim' and other preprocessors.
     Usually, it isn't invoked manually.

     Note that other `troff' implementations (including the original
     AT&T version) handle `lf' differently.  For them, LINE changes the
     line number of the _current_ line.

 -- Request: .tm string
 -- Request: .tm1 string
 -- Request: .tmc string
     Send STRING to the standard error output; this is very useful for
     printing debugging messages among other things.

     STRING is read in copy mode.

     The `tm' request ignores leading spaces of STRING; `tm1' handles
     its argument similar to the `ds' request: a leading double quote
     in STRING is stripped to allow initial blanks.

     The `tmc' request is similar to `tm1' but does not append a
     newline (as is done in `tm' and `tm1').

 -- Request: .ab [string]
     Similar to the `tm' request, except that it causes `gtroff' to
     stop processing.  With no argument it prints `User Abort.' to
     standard error.

 -- Request: .ex
     The `ex' request also causes `gtroff' to stop processing; see also
     *Note I/O::.

   When doing something involved it is useful to leave the debugging
statements in the code and have them turned on by a command line flag.


     .if \n(DB .tm debugging output

To activate these statements say


     groff -rDB=1 file

   If it is known in advance that there will be many errors and no
useful output, `gtroff' can be forced to suppress formatted output with
the `-z' flag.

 -- Request: .pm
     Print the entire symbol table on `stderr'.  Names of all defined
     macros, strings, and diversions are print together with their size
     in bytes.  Since `gtroff' sometimes adds nodes by itself, the
     returned size can be larger than expected.

     This request differs from UNIX `troff': `gtroff' reports the sizes
     of diversions, ignores an additional argument to print only the
     total of the sizes, and the size isn't returned in blocks of 128
     characters.

 -- Request: .pnr
     Print the names and contents of all currently defined number
     registers on `stderr'.

 -- Request: .ptr
     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.

 -- Request: .fl
     Instruct `gtroff' to flush its output immediately.  The intent is
     for interactive use, but this behaviour is currently not
     implemented in `gtroff'.  Contrary to UNIX `troff', TTY output is
     sent to a device driver also (`grotty'), making it non-trivial to
     communicate interactively.

     This request causes a line break.

 -- Request: .backtrace
     Print a backtrace of the input stack to the standard error stream.

     Consider the following in file `test':


          .de xxx
          .  backtrace
          ..
          .de yyy
          .  xxx
          ..
          .
          .yyy

     On execution, `gtroff' prints the following:


          test:2: backtrace: macro `xxx'
          test:5: backtrace: macro `yyy'
          test:8: backtrace: file `test'

     The option `-b' of `gtroff' internally calls a variant of this
     request on each error and warning.

 -- Register: \n[slimit]
     Use the `slimit' number register to set the maximum number of
     objects on the input stack.  If `slimit' is less than or equal
     to 0, there is no limit set.  With no limit, a buggy recursive
     macro can exhaust virtual memory.

     The default value is 1000; this is a compile-time constant.

 -- Request: .warnscale si
     Set the scaling indicator used in warnings to SI.  Valid values for
     SI are `u', `i', `c', `p', and `P'.  At startup, it is set to `i'.

 -- Request: .spreadwarn [limit]
     Make `gtroff' emit a warning if the additional space inserted for
     each space between words in an output line is larger or equal to
     LIMIT.  A negative value is changed to zero; no argument toggles
     the warning on and off without changing LIMIT.  The default scaling
     indicator is `m'.  At startup, `spreadwarn' is deactivated, and
     LIMIT is set to 3m.

     For example,


          .spreadwarn 0.2m

     will cause a warning if `gtroff' must add 0.2m or more for each
     interword space in a line.

     This request is active only if text is justified to both margins
     (using `.ad b').

   `gtroff' has command line options for printing out more warnings
(`-w') and for printing backtraces (`-b') when a warning or an error
occurs.  The most verbose level of warnings is `-ww'.

 -- Request: .warn [flags]
 -- Register: \n[.warn]
     Control the level of warnings checked for.  The FLAGS are the sum
     of the numbers associated with each warning that is to be enabled;
     all other warnings are disabled.  The number associated with each
     warning is listed below.  For example, `.warn 0' disables all
     warnings, and `.warn 1' disables all warnings except that about
     missing glyphs.  If no argument is given, all warnings are enabled.

     The read-only number register `.warn' contains the current warning
     level.

* Menu:

* Warnings::


File: groff,  Node: Warnings,  Prev: Debugging,  Up: Debugging

5.33.1 Warnings
---------------

The warnings that can be given to `gtroff' are divided into the
following categories.  The name associated with each warning is used by
the `-w' and `-W' options; the number is used by the `warn' request and
by the `.warn' register.

`char'
`1'
     Non-existent glyphs.(1) (*note Warnings-Footnote-1::)  This is
     enabled by default.

`number'
`2'
     Invalid numeric expressions.  This is enabled by default.  *Note
     Expressions::.

`break'
`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.

`delim'
`8'
     Missing or mismatched closing delimiters.

`el'
`16'
     Use of the `el' request with no matching `ie' request.  *Note
     if-else::.

`scale'
`32'
     Meaningless scaling indicators.

`range'
`64'
     Out of range arguments.

`syntax'
`128'
     Dubious syntax in numeric expressions.

`di'
`256'
     Use of `di' or `da' without an argument when there is no current
     diversion.

`mac'
`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 is given
     for each name.

`reg'
`1024'
     Use of undefined number registers.  When an undefined number
     register is used, that register is automatically defined to have a
     value of 0.  So, in most cases, at most one warning is given for
     use of a particular name.

`tab'
`2048'
     Use of a tab character where a number was expected.

`right-brace'
`4096'
     Use of `\}' where a number was expected.

`missing'
`8192'
     Requests that are missing non-optional arguments.

`input'
`16384'
     Invalid input characters.

`escape'
`32768'
     Unrecognized escape sequences.  When an unrecognized escape
     sequence `\X' is encountered, the escape character is ignored, and
     X is printed.

`space'
`65536'
     Missing space between a request or macro and its argument.  This
     warning is 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 is not invoked.  When this
     warning is given, no macro is automatically defined.  This is
     enabled by default.  This warning never occurs in compatibility
     mode.

`font'
`131072'
     Non-existent fonts.  This is enabled by default.

`ig'
`262144'
     Invalid escapes in text ignored with the `ig' request.  These are
     conditions that are errors when they do not occur in ignored text.

`color'
`524288'
     Color related warnings.

`all'
     All warnings except `di', `mac' and `reg'.  It is intended that
     this covers all warnings that are useful with traditional macro
     packages.

`w'
     All warnings.


File: groff,  Node: Warnings-Footnotes,  Up: Warnings

   (1) `char' is a misnomer since it reports missing glyphs - there
aren't missing input characters, only invalid ones.


File: groff,  Node: Implementation Differences,  Prev: Debugging,  Up: gtroff Reference

5.34 Implementation Differences
===============================

GNU `troff' has a number of features which cause incompatibilities with
documents written with old versions of `troff'.

   Long names cause some incompatibilities.  UNIX `troff' interprets


     .dsabcd

as defining a string `ab' with contents `cd'.  Normally, GNU `troff'
interprets this as a call of a macro named `dsabcd'.  Also UNIX `troff'
interprets `\*[' or `\n[' as references to a string or number register
called `['.  In GNU `troff', however, this is normally interpreted as
the start of a long name.  In compatibility mode GNU `troff' interprets
long names in the traditional way (which means that they are not
recognized as names).

 -- Request: .cp [n]
 -- Request: .do cmd
 -- Register: \n[.C]
     If N is missing or non-zero, turn on compatibility mode;
     otherwise, turn it off.

     The read-only number register `.C' is 1 if compatibility mode is
     on, 0 otherwise.

     Compatibility mode can be also turned on with the `-C' command line
     option.

     The `do' request turns off compatibility mode while executing its
     arguments as a `gtroff' command.


          .do fam T

     executes the `fam' request when compatibility mode is enabled.

     `gtroff' restores the previous compatibility setting before
     interpreting any files sourced by the CMD.

   Two other features are controlled by `-C'.  If not in compatibility
mode, GNU `troff' preserves the input level in delimited arguments:


     .ds xx '
     \w'abc\*(xxdef'

In compatibility mode, the string `72def'' is returned; without `-C'
the resulting string is `168' (assuming a TTY output device).

   Finally, the escapes `\f', `\H', `\m', `\M', `\R', `\s', and `\S'
are transparent for recognizing the beginning of a line only in
compatibility mode (this is a rather obscure feature).  For example,
the code


     .de xx
     Hallo!
     ..
     \fB.xx\fP

prints `Hallo!' in bold face if in compatibility mode, and `.xx' in
bold face otherwise.

   GNU `troff' does not allow the use of the escape sequences `\|',
`\^', `\&', `\{', `\}', `\<SP>', `\'', `\`', `\-', `\_', `\!', `\%',
and `\c' in names of strings, macros, diversions, number registers,
fonts or environments; UNIX `troff' does.  The `\A' escape sequence
(*note Identifiers::) may be helpful in avoiding use of these escape
sequences in names.

   Fractional point sizes cause one noteworthy incompatibility.  In
UNIX `troff' the `ps' request ignores scale indicators and thus


     .ps 10u

sets the point size to 10 points, whereas in GNU `troff' it sets the
point size to 10 scaled points.  *Note Fractional Type Sizes::, for
more information.

   In GNU `troff' there is a fundamental difference between
(unformatted) input characters and (formatted) output glyphs.
Everything that affects how a glyph is output is stored with the glyph
node; once a glyph node has been constructed it is unaffected by any
subsequent requests that are executed, including `bd', `cs', `tkf',
`tr', or `fp' requests.  Normally glyphs are constructed from input
characters at the moment immediately before the glyph 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
glyph nodes in any combination.  A glyph node 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,


     .di x
     \\\\
     .br
     .di
     .x

prints `\\' in GNU `troff'; each pair of input backslashes is turned
into one output backslash and the resulting output backslashes are not
interpreted as escape characters when they are reread.  UNIX `troff'
would interpret them as escape characters when they were reread and
would end up printing one `\'.  The correct way to obtain a printable
backslash is to use the `\e' escape sequence: This always prints a
single instance of the current escape character, regardless of whether
or not it is used in a diversion; it also works in both GNU `troff' and
UNIX `troff'.(1) (*note Implementation Differences-Footnote-1::)  To
store, for some reason, an escape sequence in a diversion that will be
interpreted when the diversion is reread, either use the traditional
`\!' transparent output facility, or, if this is unsuitable, the new
`\?' escape sequence.

   *Note Diversions::, and *Note Gtroff Internals::, for more
information.


File: groff,  Node: Implementation Differences-Footnotes,  Up: Implementation Differences

   (1) To be completely independent of the current escape character,
use `\(rs' which represents a reverse solidus (backslash) glyph.


File: groff,  Node: Preprocessors,  Next: Output Devices,  Prev: gtroff Reference,  Up: Top

6 Preprocessors
***************

This chapter describes all preprocessors that come with `groff' or
which are freely available.

* Menu:

* geqn::
* gtbl::
* gpic::
* ggrn::
* grap::
* grefer::
* gsoelim::


File: groff,  Node: geqn,  Next: gtbl,  Prev: Preprocessors,  Up: Preprocessors

6.1 `geqn'
==========

* Menu:

* Invoking geqn::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking geqn,  Prev: geqn,  Up: geqn

6.1.1 Invoking `geqn'
---------------------


File: groff,  Node: gtbl,  Next: gpic,  Prev: geqn,  Up: Preprocessors

6.2 `gtbl'
==========

* Menu:

* Invoking gtbl::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking gtbl,  Prev: gtbl,  Up: gtbl

6.2.1 Invoking `gtbl'
---------------------


File: groff,  Node: gpic,  Next: ggrn,  Prev: gtbl,  Up: Preprocessors

6.3 `gpic'
==========

* Menu:

* Invoking gpic::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking gpic,  Prev: gpic,  Up: gpic

6.3.1 Invoking `gpic'
---------------------


File: groff,  Node: ggrn,  Next: grap,  Prev: gpic,  Up: Preprocessors

6.4 `ggrn'
==========

* Menu:

* Invoking ggrn::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking ggrn,  Prev: ggrn,  Up: ggrn

6.4.1 Invoking `ggrn'
---------------------


File: groff,  Node: grap,  Next: grefer,  Prev: ggrn,  Up: Preprocessors

6.5 `grap'
==========

A free implementation of `grap', written by Ted Faber, is available as
an extra package from the following address:

     `http://www.lunabase.org/~faber/Vault/software/grap/'


File: groff,  Node: grefer,  Next: gsoelim,  Prev: grap,  Up: Preprocessors

6.6 `grefer'
============

* Menu:

* Invoking grefer::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking grefer,  Prev: grefer,  Up: grefer

6.6.1 Invoking `grefer'
-----------------------


File: groff,  Node: gsoelim,  Prev: grefer,  Up: Preprocessors

6.7 `gsoelim'
=============

* Menu:

* Invoking gsoelim::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking gsoelim,  Prev: gsoelim,  Up: gsoelim

6.7.1 Invoking `gsoelim'
------------------------


File: groff,  Node: Output Devices,  Next: File formats,  Prev: Preprocessors,  Up: Top

7 Output Devices
****************

* Menu:

* Special Characters::
* grotty::
* grops::
* grodvi::
* grolj4::
* grolbp::
* grohtml::
* gxditview::


File: groff,  Node: Special Characters,  Next: grotty,  Prev: Output Devices,  Up: Output Devices

7.1 Special Characters
======================

*Note Font Files::.


File: groff,  Node: grotty,  Next: grops,  Prev: Special Characters,  Up: Output Devices

7.2 `grotty'
============

* Menu:

* Invoking grotty::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking grotty,  Prev: grotty,  Up: grotty

7.2.1 Invoking `grotty'
-----------------------


File: groff,  Node: grops,  Next: grodvi,  Prev: grotty,  Up: Output Devices

7.3 `grops'
===========

* Menu:

* Invoking grops::
* Embedding PostScript::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking grops,  Next: Embedding PostScript,  Prev: grops,  Up: grops

7.3.1 Invoking `grops'
----------------------


File: groff,  Node: Embedding PostScript,  Prev: Invoking grops,  Up: grops

7.3.2 Embedding POSTSCRIPT
--------------------------


File: groff,  Node: grodvi,  Next: grolj4,  Prev: grops,  Up: Output Devices

7.4 `grodvi'
============

* Menu:

* Invoking grodvi::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking grodvi,  Prev: grodvi,  Up: grodvi

7.4.1 Invoking `grodvi'
-----------------------


File: groff,  Node: grolj4,  Next: grolbp,  Prev: grodvi,  Up: Output Devices

7.5 `grolj4'
============

* Menu:

* Invoking grolj4::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking grolj4,  Prev: grolj4,  Up: grolj4

7.5.1 Invoking `grolj4'
-----------------------


File: groff,  Node: grolbp,  Next: grohtml,  Prev: grolj4,  Up: Output Devices

7.6 `grolbp'
============

* Menu:

* Invoking grolbp::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking grolbp,  Prev: grolbp,  Up: grolbp

7.6.1 Invoking `grolbp'
-----------------------


File: groff,  Node: grohtml,  Next: gxditview,  Prev: grolbp,  Up: Output Devices

7.7 `grohtml'
=============

* Menu:

* Invoking grohtml::
* grohtml specific registers and strings::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking grohtml,  Next: grohtml specific registers and strings,  Prev: grohtml,  Up: grohtml

7.7.1 Invoking `grohtml'
------------------------


File: groff,  Node: grohtml specific registers and strings,  Prev: Invoking grohtml,  Up: grohtml

7.7.2 `grohtml' specific registers and strings
----------------------------------------------

 -- Register: \n[ps4html]
 -- String: \*[www-image-template]
     The registers `ps4html' and `www-image-template' are defined by
     the `pre-grohtml' preprocessor.  `pre-grohtml' reads in the
     `troff' input, marks up the inline equations and passes the result
     firstly to


          troff -Tps -rps4html=1 -dwww-image-template=TEMPLATE

     and secondly to


          troff -Thtml

     The PostScript device is used to create all the image files, and
     the register `ps4html' enables the macro sets to ignore floating
     keeps, footers, and headings.

     The register `www-image-template' is set to the user specified
     template name or the default name.


File: groff,  Node: gxditview,  Prev: grohtml,  Up: Output Devices

7.8 `gxditview'
===============

* Menu:

* Invoking gxditview::


File: groff,  Node: Invoking gxditview,  Prev: gxditview,  Up: gxditview

7.8.1 Invoking `gxditview'
--------------------------


File: groff,  Node: File formats,  Next: Installation,  Prev: Output Devices,  Up: Top

8 File formats
**************

All files read and written by `gtroff' are text files.  The following
two sections describe their format.

* Menu:

* gtroff Output::
* Font Files::


File: groff,  Node: gtroff Output,  Next: Font Files,  Prev: File formats,  Up: File formats

8.1 `gtroff' Output
===================

This section describes the intermediate output format of GNU `troff'.
This output is produced by a run of `gtroff' before it is fed into a
device postprocessor program.

   As `groff' is a wrapper program around `gtroff' that automatically
calls a postprocessor, this output does not show up normally.  This is
why it is called "intermediate".  `groff' provides the option `-Z' to
inhibit postprocessing, such that the produced intermediate output is
sent to standard output just like calling `gtroff' manually.

   Here, the term "troff output" describes what is output by `gtroff',
while "intermediate output" refers to the language that is accepted by
the parser that prepares this output for the postprocessors.  This
parser is smarter on whitespace and implements obsolete elements for
compatibility, otherwise both formats are the same.(1) (*note gtroff
Output-Footnote-1::)

   The main purpose of the intermediate output concept is to facilitate
the development of postprocessors by providing a common programming
interface for all devices.  It has a language of its own that is
completely different from the `gtroff' language.  While the `gtroff'
language is a high-level programming language for text processing, the
intermediate output language is a kind of low-level assembler language
by specifying all positions on the page for writing and drawing.

   The intermediate output produced by `gtroff' is fairly readable,
while output from AT&T `troff' is rather hard to understand because of
strange habits that are still supported, but not used any longer by
`gtroff'.

* Menu:

* Language Concepts::
* Command Reference::
* Intermediate Output Examples::
* Output Language Compatibility::


File: groff,  Node: gtroff Output-Footnotes,  Up: gtroff Output

   (1) The parser and postprocessor for intermediate output can be
found in the file
`GROFF-SOURCE-DIR/src/libs/libdriver/input.cpp'.


File: groff,  Node: Language Concepts,  Next: Command Reference,  Prev: gtroff Output,  Up: gtroff Output

8.1.1 Language Concepts
-----------------------

During the run of `gtroff', the input data is cracked down to the
information on what has to be printed at what position on the intended
device.  So the language of the intermediate output format can be quite
small.  Its only elements are commands with and without arguments.  In
this section, the term "command" always refers to the intermediate
output language, and never to the `gtroff' language used for document
formatting.  There are commands for positioning and text writing, for
drawing, and for device controlling.

* Menu:

* Separation::
* Argument Units::
* Document Parts::


File: groff,  Node: Separation,  Next: Argument Units,  Prev: Language Concepts,  Up: Language Concepts

8.1.1.1 Separation
..................

AT&T `troff' output has strange requirements on whitespace.  The
`gtroff' output parser, however, is smart about whitespace by making it
maximally optional.  The whitespace characters, i.e., the tab, space,
and newline characters, always have a syntactical meaning.  They are
never printable because spacing within the output is always done by
positioning commands.

   Any sequence of space or tab characters is treated as a single
"syntactical space".  It separates commands and arguments, but is only
required when there would occur a clashing between the command code and
the arguments without the space.  Most often, this happens when
variable-length command names, arguments, argument lists, or command
clusters meet.  Commands and arguments with a known, fixed length need
not be separated by syntactical space.

   A line break is a syntactical element, too.  Every command argument
can be followed by whitespace, a comment, or a newline character.  Thus
a "syntactical line break" is defined to consist of optional
syntactical space that is optionally followed by a comment, and a
newline character.

   The normal commands, those for positioning and text, consist of a
single letter taking a fixed number of arguments.  For historical
reasons, the parser allows to stack such commands on the same line, but
fortunately, in `gtroff''s intermediate output, every command with at
least one argument is followed by a line break, thus providing
excellent readability.

   The other commands - those for drawing and device controlling - have
a more complicated structure; some recognize long command names, and
some take a variable number of arguments.  So all `D' and `x' commands
were designed to request a syntactical line break after their last
argument.  Only one command, `x X', has an argument that can stretch
over several lines; all other commands must have all of their arguments
on the same line as the command, i.e., the arguments may not be
splitted by a line break.

   Empty lines (these are lines containing only space and/or a
comment), can occur everywhere.  They are just ignored.


File: groff,  Node: Argument Units,  Next: Document Parts,  Prev: Separation,  Up: Language Concepts

8.1.1.2 Argument Units
......................

Some commands take integer arguments that are assumed to represent
values in a measurement unit, but the letter for the corresponding
scale indicator is not written with the output command arguments.  Most
commands assume the scale indicator `u', the basic unit of the device,
some use `z', the scaled point unit of the device, while others, such
as the color commands, expect plain integers.

   Note that single characters can have the eighth bit set, as can the
names of fonts and special characters.  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.

   A string argument is always terminated by the next whitespace
character (space, tab, or newline); an embedded `#' character is
regarded as part of the argument, not as the beginning of a comment
command.  An integer argument is already terminated by the next
non-digit character, which then is regarded as the first character of
the next argument or command.


File: groff,  Node: Document Parts,  Prev: Argument Units,  Up: Language Concepts

8.1.1.3 Document Parts
......................

A correct intermediate output document consists of two parts, the
"prologue" and the "body".

   The task of the prologue is to set the general device parameters
using three exactly specified commands.  `gtroff''s prologue is
guaranteed to consist of the following three lines (in that order):


     x T DEVICE
     x res N H V
     x init

with the arguments set as outlined in *Note Device Control Commands::.
Note that the parser for the intermediate output format is able to
swallow additional whitespace and comments as well even in the prologue.

   The body is the main section for processing the document data.
Syntactically, it is a sequence of any commands different from the ones
used in the prologue.  Processing is terminated as soon as the first
`x stop' command is encountered; the last line of any `gtroff'
intermediate output always contains such a command.

   Semantically, the body is page oriented.  A new page is started by a
`p' command.  Positioning, writing, and drawing commands are always
done within the current page, so they cannot occur before the first `p'
command.  Absolute positioning (by the `H' and `V' commands) is done
relative to the current page; all other positioning is done relative to
the current location within this page.


File: groff,  Node: Command Reference,  Next: Intermediate Output Examples,  Prev: Language Concepts,  Up: gtroff Output

8.1.2 Command Reference
-----------------------

This section describes all intermediate output commands, both from AT&T
`troff' as well as the `gtroff' extensions.

* Menu:

* Comment Command::
* Simple Commands::
* Graphics Commands::
* Device Control Commands::
* Obsolete Command::


File: groff,  Node: Comment Command,  Next: Simple Commands,  Prev: Command Reference,  Up: Command Reference

8.1.2.1 Comment Command
.......................

`#ANYTHING<end of line>'
     A comment.  Ignore any characters from the `#' character up to the
     next newline character.

     This command is the only possibility for commenting in the
     intermediate output.  Each comment can be preceded by arbitrary
     syntactical space; every command can be terminated by a comment.


File: groff,  Node: Simple Commands,  Next: Graphics Commands,  Prev: Comment Command,  Up: Command Reference

8.1.2.2 Simple Commands
.......................

The commands in this subsection have a command code consisting of a
single character, taking a fixed number of arguments.  Most of them are
commands for positioning and text writing.  These commands are smart
about whitespace.  Optionally, syntactical space can be inserted
before, after, and between the command letter and its arguments.  All
of these commands are stackable, i.e., they can be preceded by other
simple commands or followed by arbitrary other commands on the same
line.  A separating syntactical space is only necessary when two
integer arguments would clash or if the preceding argument ends with a
string argument.

`C XXX<whitespace>'
     Print a special character named XXX.  The trailing syntactical
     space or line break is necessary to allow glyph names of arbitrary
     length.  The glyph is printed at the current print position; the
     glyph's size is read from the font file.  The print position is
     not changed.

`c G'
     Print glyph G at the current print position;(1) (*note Simple
     Commands-Footnote-1::) the glyph's size is read from the font
     file.  The print position is not changed.

`f N'
     Set font to font number N (a non-negative integer).

`H N'
     Move right to the absolute vertical position N (a non-negative
     integer in basic units `u' relative to left edge of current page.

`h N'
     Move N (a non-negative integer) basic units `u' horizontally to
     the right.  The original UNIX troff manual allows negative values
     for N also, but `gtroff' doesn't use this.

`m COLOR-SCHEME [COMPONENT ...]'
     Set the color for text (glyphs), line drawing, and the outline of
     graphic objects using different color schemes; the analoguous
     command for the filling color of graphic objects is `DF'.  The
     color components are specified as integer arguments between 0 and
     65536.  The number of color components and their meaning vary for
     the different color schemes.  These commands are generated by
     `gtroff''s escape sequence `\m'.  No position changing.  These
     commands are a `gtroff' extension.

    `mc CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW'
          Set color using the CMY color scheme, having the 3 color
          components CYAN, MAGENTA, and YELLOW.

    `md'
          Set color to the default color value (black in most cases).
          No component arguments.

    `mg GRAY'
          Set color to the shade of gray given by the argument, an
          integer between 0 (black) and 65536 (white).

    `mk CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK'
          Set color using the CMYK color scheme, having the 4 color
          components CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, and BLACK.

    `mr RED GREEN BLUE'
          Set color using the RGB color scheme, having the 3 color
          components RED, GREEN, and BLUE.

`N N'
     Print glyph with index N (a non-negative integer) of the current
     font.  This command is a `gtroff' extension.

`n B A'
     Inform the device about a line break, but no positioning is done by
     this command.  In AT&T `troff', the integer arguments B and A
     informed about the space before and after the current line to make
     the intermediate output more human readable without performing any
     action.  In `groff', they are just ignored, but they must be
     provided for compatibility reasons.

`p N'
     Begin a new page in the outprint.  The page number is set to N.
     This page is completely independent of pages formerly processed
     even if those have the same page number.  The vertical position on
     the outprint is automatically set to 0.  All positioning, writing,
     and drawing is always done relative to a page, so a `p' command
     must be issued before any of these commands.

`s N'
     Set point size to N scaled points (this is unit `z').  AT&T
     `troff' used the unit points (`p') instead.  *Note Output Language
     Compatibility::.

`t XXX<whitespace>'
`t XXX DUMMY-ARG<whitespace>'
     Print a word, i.e., a sequence of characters XXX representing
     output glyphs which names are single characters, terminated by a
     space character or a line break; an optional second integer
     argument is ignored (this allows the formatter to generate an even
     number of arguments).  The first glyph should be printed at the
     current position, the current horizontal position should then be
     increased by the width of the first glyph, and so on for each
     glyph.  The widths of the glyphs are read from the font file,
     scaled for the current point size, and rounded to a multiple of
     the horizontal resolution.  Special characters cannot be printed
     using this command (use the `C' command for special characters).
     This command is a `gtroff' extension; it is only used for devices
     whose `DESC' file contains the `tcommand' keyword (*note DESC File
     Format::).

`u N XXX<whitespace>'
     Print word with track kerning.  This is the same as the `t'
     command except that after printing each glyph, the current
     horizontal position is increased by the sum of the width of that
     glyph and N (an integer in basic units `u').  This command is a
     `gtroff' extension; it is only used for devices whose `DESC' file
     contains the `tcommand' keyword (*note DESC File Format::).

`V N'
     Move down to the absolute vertical position N (a non-negative
     integer in basic units `u') relative to upper edge of current page.

`v N'
     Move N basic units `u' down (N is a non-negative integer).  The
     original UNIX troff manual allows negative values for N also, but
     `gtroff' doesn't use this.

`w'
     Informs about a paddable white space to increase readability.  The
     spacing itself must be performed explicitly by a move command.


File: groff,  Node: Simple Commands-Footnotes,  Up: Simple Commands

   (1) `c' is actually a misnomer since it outputs a glyph.


File: groff,  Node: Graphics Commands,  Next: Device Control Commands,  Prev: Simple Commands,  Up: Command Reference

8.1.2.3 Graphics Commands
.........................

Each graphics or drawing command in the intermediate output starts with
the letter `D', 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.  A `D'
command may not be followed by another command on the same line (apart
from a comment), so each `D' command is terminated by a syntactical
line break.

   `gtroff' output follows the classical spacing rules (no space
between command and subcommand, all arguments are preceded by a single
space character), but the parser allows optional space between the
command letters and makes the space before the first argument optional.
As usual, each space can be any sequence of tab and space characters.

   Some graphics commands can take a variable number of arguments.  In
this case, they are integers representing a size measured in basic
units `u'.  The arguments called H1, H2, ..., HN stand for horizontal
distances where positive means right, negative left.  The arguments
called V1, V2, ..., VN stand for vertical distances where positive
means down, negative up.  All these distances are offsets relative to
the current location.

   Each graphics command directly corresponds to a similar `gtroff'
`\D' escape sequence.  *Note Drawing Requests::.

   Unknown `D' commands are assumed to be device-specific.  Its
arguments are parsed as strings; the whole information is then sent to
the postprocessor.

   In the following command reference, the syntax element <line
break> means a syntactical line break as defined above.

`D~ H1 V1 H2 V2 ... HN VN<line break>'
     Draw B-spline from current position to offset (H1,V1), then to
     offset (H2,V2), if given, etc. up to (HN,VN).  This command takes
     a variable number of argument pairs; the current position is moved
     to the terminal point of the drawn curve.

`Da H1 V1 H2 V2<line break>'
     Draw arc from current position to (H1,V1)+(H2,V2) with center at
     (H1,V1); then move the current position to the final point of the
     arc.

`DC D<line break>'
`DC D DUMMY-ARG<line break>'
     Draw a solid circle using the current fill color with diameter D
     (integer in basic units `u') with leftmost point at the current
     position; then move the current position to the rightmost point of
     the circle.  An optional second integer argument is ignored (this
     allows the formatter to generate an even number of arguments).
     This command is a `gtroff' extension.

`Dc D<line break>'
     Draw circle line with diameter D (integer in basic units `u') with
     leftmost point at the current position; then move the current
     position to the rightmost point of the circle.

`DE H V<line break>'
     Draw a solid ellipse in the current fill color with a horizontal
     diameter of H and a vertical diameter of V (both integers in basic
     units `u') with the leftmost point at the current position; then
     move to the rightmost point of the ellipse.  This command is a
     `gtroff' extension.

`De H V<line break>'
     Draw an outlined ellipse with a horizontal diameter of H and a
     vertical diameter of V (both integers in basic units `u') with the
     leftmost point at current position; then move to the rightmost
     point of the ellipse.

`DF COLOR-SCHEME [COMPONENT ...]<line break>'
     Set fill color for solid drawing objects using different color
     schemes; the analoguous command for setting the color of text, line
     graphics, and the outline of graphic objects is `m'.  The color
     components are specified as integer arguments between 0 and 65536.
     The number of color components and their meaning vary for the
     different color schemes.  These commands are generated by
     `gtroff''s escape sequences `\D'F ...'' and `\M' (with no other
     corresponding graphics commands).  No position changing.  This
     command is a `gtroff' extension.

    `DFc CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW<line break>'
          Set fill color for solid drawing objects using the CMY color
          scheme, having the 3 color components CYAN, MAGENTA, and
          YELLOW.

    `DFd<line break>'
          Set fill color for solid drawing objects to the default fill
          color value (black in most cases).  No component arguments.

    `DFg GRAY<line break>'
          Set fill color for solid drawing objects to the shade of gray
          given by the argument, an integer between 0 (black) and 65536
          (white).

    `DFk CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK<line break>'
          Set fill color for solid drawing objects using the CMYK color
          scheme, having the 4 color components CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW,
          and BLACK.

    `DFr RED GREEN BLUE<line break>'
          Set fill color for solid drawing objects using the RGB color
          scheme, having the 3 color components RED, GREEN, and BLUE.

`Df N<line break>'
     The argument N must be an integer in the range -32767 to 32767.

    0 <= N <= 1000
          Set the color for filling solid drawing objects to a shade of
          gray, where 0 corresponds to solid white, 1000 (the default)
          to solid black, and values in between to intermediate shades
          of gray; this is obsoleted by command `DFg'.

    N < 0 or N > 1000
          Set the filling color to the color that is currently being
          used for the text and the outline, see command `m'.  For
          example, the command sequence


               mg 0 0 65536
               Df -1

          sets all colors to blue.

     No position changing.  This command is a `gtroff' extension.

`Dl H V<line break>'
     Draw line from current position to offset (H,V) (integers in basic
     units `u'); then set current position to the end of the drawn line.

`Dp H1 V1 H2 V2 ... HN VN<line break>'
     Draw a polygon line from current position to offset (H1,V1), from
     there to offset (H2,V2), etc. up to offset (HN,VN), and from there
     back to the starting position.  For historical reasons, the
     position is changed by adding the sum of all arguments with odd
     index to the actual horizontal position and the even ones to the
     vertical position.  Although this doesn't make sense it is kept
     for compatibility.  This command is a `gtroff' extension.

`Dp H1 V1 H2 V2 ... HN VN<line break>'
     Draw a solid polygon in the current fill color rather than an
     outlined polygon, using the same arguments and positioning as the
     corresponding `Dp' command.  This command is a `gtroff' extension.

`Dt N<line break>'
     Set the current line thickness to N (an integer in basic units
     `u') if N>0; if N=0 select the smallest available line thickness;
     if N<0 set the line thickness proportional to the point size (this
     is the default before the first `Dt' command was specified).  For
     historical reasons, the horizontal position is changed by adding
     the argument to the actual horizontal position, while the vertical
     position is not changed.  Although this doesn't make sense it is
     kept for compatibility.  This command is a `gtroff' extension.


File: groff,  Node: Device Control Commands,  Next: Obsolete Command,  Prev: Graphics Commands,  Up: Command Reference

8.1.2.4 Device Control Commands
...............................

Each device control command starts with the letter `x', followed by a
space character (optional or arbitrary space or tab in `gtroff') and a
subcommand letter or word; each argument (if any) must be preceded by a
syntactical space.  All `x' commands are terminated by a syntactical
line break; no device control command can be followed by another
command on the same line (except a comment).

   The subcommand is basically a single letter, but to increase
readability, it can be written as a word, i.e., an arbitrary sequence
of characters terminated by the next tab, space, or newline character.
All characters of the subcommand word but the first are simply ignored.
For example, `gtroff' outputs the initialization command `x i' as
`x init' and the resolution command `x r' as `x res'.

   In the following, the syntax element <line break> means a
syntactical line break (*note Separation::).

`xF NAME<line break>'
     The `F' stands for FILENAME.

     Use NAME as the intended name for the current file in error
     reports.  This is useful for remembering the original file name
     when `gtroff' uses an internal piping mechanism.  The input file is
     not changed by this command.  This command is a `gtroff' extension.

`xf N S<line break>'
     The `f' stands for FONT.

     Mount font position N (a non-negative integer) with font named S
     (a text word).  *Note Font Positions::.

`xH N<line break>'
     The `H' stands for HEIGHT.

     Set glyph height to N (a positive integer in scaled points `z').
     AT&T `troff' uses the unit points (`p') instead.  *Note Output
     Language Compatibility::.

`xi<line break>'
     The `i' stands for INIT.

     Initialize device.  This is the third command of the prologue.

`xp<line break>'
     The `p' stands for PAUSE.

     Parsed but ignored.  The original UNIX troff manual writes

          pause device, can be restarted

`xr N H V<line break>'
     The `r' stands for RESOLUTION.

     Resolution is N, while H is the minimal horizontal motion, and V
     the minimal vertical motion possible with this device; all
     arguments are positive integers in basic units `u' per inch.  This
     is the second command of the prologue.

`xS N<line break>'
     The `S' stands for SLANT.

     Set slant to N (an integer in basic units `u').

`xs<line break>'
     The `s' stands for STOP.

     Terminates the processing of the current file; issued as the last
     command of any intermediate troff output.

`xt<line break>'
     The `t' stands for TRAILER.

     Generate trailer information, if any.  In GTROFF, this is actually
     just ignored.

`xT XXX<line break>'
     The `T' stands for TYPESETTER.

     Set name of device to word XXX, a sequence of characters ended by
     the next white space character.  The possible device names coincide
     with those from the `groff' `-T' option.  This is the first
     command of the prologue.

`xu N<line break>'
     The `u' stands for UNDERLINE.

     Configure underlining of spaces.  If N is 1, start underlining of
     spaces; if N is 0, stop underlining of spaces.  This is needed for
     the `cu' request in nroff mode and is ignored otherwise.  This
     command is a `gtroff' extension.

`xX ANYTHING<line break>'
     The `x' stands for X-ESCAPE.

     Send string ANYTHING uninterpreted to the device.  If the line
     following this command starts with a `+' character this line is
     interpreted as a continuation line in the following sense.  The
     `+' is ignored, but a newline character is sent instead to the
     device, the rest of the line is sent uninterpreted.  The same
     applies to all following lines until the first character of a line
     is not a `+' character.  This command is generated by the `gtroff'
     escape sequence `\X'.  The line-continuing feature is a `gtroff'
     extension.


File: groff,  Node: Obsolete Command,  Prev: Device Control Commands,  Up: Command Reference

8.1.2.5 Obsolete Command
........................

In AT&T `troff' output, the writing of a single glyph is mostly done by
a very strange command that combines a horizontal move and a single
character giving the glyph name.  It doesn't have a command code, but
is represented by a 3-character argument consisting of exactly 2 digits
and a character.

DDG
     Move right DD (exactly two decimal digits) basic units `u', then
     print glyph G (represented as a single character).

     In `gtroff', arbitrary syntactical space around and within this
     command is allowed to be added.  Only when a preceding command on
     the same line ends with an argument of variable length a
     separating space is obligatory.  In AT&T `troff', large clusters
     of these and other commands are used, mostly without spaces; this
     made such output almost unreadable.

   For modern high-resolution devices, this command does not make sense
because the width of the glyphs can become much larger than two decimal
digits.  In `gtroff', this is only used for the devices `X75',
`X75-12', `X100', and `X100-12'.  For other devices, the commands `t'
and `u' provide a better functionality.


File: groff,  Node: Intermediate Output Examples,  Next: Output Language Compatibility,  Prev: Command Reference,  Up: gtroff Output

8.1.3 Intermediate Output Examples
----------------------------------

This section presents the intermediate output generated from the same
input for three different devices.  The input is the sentence `hell
world' fed into `gtroff' on the command line.

High-resolution device `ps'
     This is the standard output of `gtroff' if no `-T' option is given.

          shell> echo "hell world" | groff -Z -T ps

          x T ps
          x res 72000 1 1
          x init
          p1
          x font 5 TR
          f5
          s10000
          V12000
          H72000
          thell
          wh2500
          tw
          H96620
          torld
          n12000 0
          x trailer
          V792000
          x stop

     This output can be fed into `grops' to get its representation as a
     PostScript file.

Low-resolution device `latin1'
     This is similar to the high-resolution device except that the
     positioning is done at a minor scale.  Some comments (lines
     starting with `#') were added for clarification; they were not
     generated by the formatter.

          shell> echo "hell world" | groff -Z -T latin1

          # prologue
          x T latin1
          x res 240 24 40
          x init
          # begin a new page
          p1
          # font setup
          x font 1 R
          f1
          s10
          # initial positioning on the page
          V40
          H0
          # write text `hell'
          thell
          # inform about space, and issue a horizontal jump
          wh24
          # write text `world'
          tworld
          # announce line break, but do nothing because ...
          n40 0
          # ... the end of the document has been reached
          x trailer
          V2640
          x stop

     This output can be fed into `grotty' to get a formatted text
     document.

AT&T `troff' output
     Since a computer monitor has a very low resolution compared to
     modern printers the intermediate output for the X Window devices
     can use the jump-and-write command with its 2-digit displacements.

          shell> echo "hell world" | groff -Z -T X100

          x T X100
          x res 100 1 1
          x init
          p1
          x font 5 TR
          f5
          s10
          V16
          H100
          # write text with jump-and-write commands
          ch07e07l03lw06w11o07r05l03dh7
          n16 0
          x trailer
          V1100
          x stop

     This output can be fed into `xditview' or `gxditview' for
     displaying in X.

     Due to the obsolete jump-and-write command, the text clusters in
     the AT&T `troff' output are almost unreadable.


File: groff,  Node: Output Language Compatibility,  Prev: Intermediate Output Examples,  Up: gtroff Output

8.1.4 Output Language Compatibility
-----------------------------------

The intermediate output language of AT&T `troff' was first documented
in the UNIX troff manual, with later additions documented in `A
Typesetter-indenpendent TROFF', written by Brian Kernighan.

   The `gtroff' intermediate output format is compatible with this
specification except for the following features.

   * The classical quasi device independence is not yet implemented.

   * The old hardware was very different from what we use today.  So the
     `groff' devices are also fundamentally different from the ones in
     AT&T `troff'.  For example, the AT&T PostScript device is called
     `post' and has a resolution of only 720 units per inch, suitable
     for printers 20 years ago, while `groff''s `ps' device has a
     resolution of 72000 units per inch.  Maybe, by implementing some
     rescaling mechanism similar to the classical quasi device
     independence, `groff' could emulate AT&T's `post' device.

   * The B-spline command `D~' is correctly handled by the intermediate
     output parser, but the drawing routines aren't implemented in some
     of the postprocessor programs.

   * The argument of the commands `s' and `x H' has the implicit unit
     scaled point `z' in `gtroff', while AT&T `troff' has point (`p').
     This isn't an incompatibility but a compatible extension, for both
     units coincide for all devices without a `sizescale' parameter in
     the `DESC' file, including all postprocessors from AT&T and
     `groff''s text devices.  The few `groff' devices with a
     `sizescale' parameter either do not exist for AT&T `troff', have a
     different name, or seem to have a different resolution.  So
     conflicts are very unlikely.

   * The position changing after the commands `Dp', `DP', and `Dt' is
     illogical, but as old versions of `gtroff' used this feature it is
     kept for compatibility reasons.



File: groff,  Node: Font Files,  Prev: gtroff Output,  Up: File formats

8.2 Font Files
==============

The `gtroff' font format is roughly a superset of the `ditroff' font
format (as used in later versions of AT&T `troff' and its descendants).
Unlike the `ditroff' font format, there is no associated binary
format; all files are text files.(1) (*note Font Files-Footnote-1::)
The font files for device NAME are stored in a directory `devNAME'.
There are two types of file: a device description file called `DESC'
and for each font F a font file called `F'.

* Menu:

* DESC File Format::
* Font File Format::


File: groff,  Node: Font Files-Footnotes,  Up: Font Files

   (1) Plan 9 `troff' has also abandoned the binary format.


File: groff,  Node: DESC File Format,  Next: Font File Format,  Prev: Font Files,  Up: Font Files

8.2.1 `DESC' File Format
------------------------

The `DESC' file can contain the following types of line.  Except for
the `charset' keyword which must comes last (if at all), the order of
the lines is not important.

`res N'
     There are N machine units per inch.

`hor N'
     The horizontal resolution is N machine units.  All horizontal
     quantities are rounded to be multiples of this value.

`vert N'
     The vertical resolution is N machine units.  All vertical
     quantities are rounded to be multiples of this value.

`sizescale N'
     The scale factor for point sizes.  By default this has a value
     of 1.  One scaled point is equal to one point/N.  The arguments to
     the `unitwidth' and `sizes' commands are given in scaled points.
     *Note Fractional Type Sizes::, for more information.

`unitwidth N'
     Quantities in the font files are given in machine units for fonts
     whose point size is N scaled points.

`prepro PROGRAM'
     Call PROGRAM as a preprocessor.  Currently, this keyword is used
     by `groff' with option `-Thtml' only.

`postpro PROGRAM'
     Call PROGRAM as a postprocessor.  For example, the line


          postpro grodvi

     in the file `devdvi/DESC' makes `groff' call `grodvi' if option
     `-Tdvi' is given (and `-Z' isn't used).

`tcommand'
     This means that the postprocessor can handle the `t' and `u'
     intermediate output commands.

`sizes S1 S2 ... SN 0'
     This means that the device has fonts at S1, S2, ...  SN scaled
     points.  The list of sizes must be terminated by 0 (this is digit
     zero).  Each SI can also be a range of sizes M-N.  The list can
     extend over more than one line.

`styles S1 S2 ... SM'
     The first M font positions are associated with styles S1 ... SM.

`fonts N F1 F2 F3 ... FN'
     Fonts F1 ... FN are mounted in the font positions M+1, ..., M+N
     where M is the number of styles.  This command may extend over
     more than one line.  A font name of 0 means no font is mounted on
     the corresponding font position.

`family FAM'
     The default font family is FAM.

`use_charnames_in_special'
     This command indicates that `gtroff' should encode special
     characters inside special commands.  Currently, this is only used
     by the HTML output device.  *Note Postprocessor Access::.

`papersize STRING ...'
     Select a paper size.  Valid values for STRING are the ISO paper
     types `A0'-`A7', `B0'-`B7', `C0'-`C7', `D0'-`D7', `DL', and the US
     paper types `letter', `legal', `tabloid', `ledger', `statement',
     `executive', `com10', and `monarch'.  Case is not significant for
     STRING if it holds predefined paper types.  Alternatively, STRING
     can be a file name (e.g. `/etc/papersize'); if the file can be
     opened, `groff' reads the first line and tests for the above paper
     sizes.  Finally, STRING can be a custom paper size in the format
     `LENGTH,WIDTH' (no spaces before and after the comma).  Both
     LENGTH and WIDTH must have a unit appended; valid values are `i'
     for inches, `C' for centimeters, `p' for points, and `P' for
     picas.  Example: `12c,235p'.  An argument which starts with a
     digit is always treated as a custom paper format.  `papersize'
     sets both the vertical and horizontal dimension of the output
     medium.

     More than one argument can be specified; `groff' scans from left to
     right and uses the first valid paper specification.

`pass_filenames'
     Tell `gtroff' to emit the name of the source file currently being
     processed.  This is achieved by the intermediate output command
     `F'.  Currently, this is only used by the HTML output device.

`print PROGRAM'
     Use PROGRAM as a spooler program for printing.  If omitted, the
     `-l' and `-L' options of `groff' are ignored.

`charset'
     This line and everything following in the file are ignored.  It is
     allowed for the sake of backwards compatibility.

   The `res', `unitwidth', `fonts', and `sizes' lines are mandatory.
Other commands are ignored by `gtroff' but may be used by
postprocessors to store arbitrary information about the device in the
`DESC' file.

   Here a list of obsolete keywords which are recognized by `groff' but
completely ignored: `spare1', `spare2', `biggestfont'.


File: groff,  Node: Font File Format,  Prev: DESC File Format,  Up: Font Files

8.2.2 Font File Format
----------------------

A "font file", also (and probably better) called a "font description
file", has two sections.  The first section is a sequence of lines each
containing a sequence of blank delimited words; the first word in the
line is a key, and subsequent words give a value for that key.

`name F'
     The name of the font is F.

`spacewidth N'
     The normal width of a space is N.

`slant N'
     The glyphs of the font have a slant of N degrees.  (Positive means
     forward.)

`ligatures LIG1 LIG2 ... LIGN [0]'
     Glyphs LIG1, LIG2, ..., LIGN are ligatures; possible ligatures are
     `ff', `fi', `fl', `ffi' and `ffl'.  For backwards compatibility,
     the list of ligatures may be terminated with a 0.  The list of
     ligatures may not extend over more than one line.

`special'
     The font is "special"; this means that when a glyph is requested
     that is not present in the current font, it is searched for in any
     special fonts that are mounted.

   Other commands are ignored by `gtroff' but may be used by
postprocessors to store arbitrary information about the font in the font
file.

   The first section can contain comments which start with the `#'
character and extend to the end of a line.

   The second section contains one or two subsections.  It must contain
a `charset' subsection and it may also contain a `kernpairs'
subsection.  These subsections can appear in any order.  Each
subsection starts with a word on a line by itself.

   The word `charset' starts the character set subsection.(1) (*note
Font File Format-Footnote-1::)  The `charset' line is followed by a
sequence of lines.  Each line gives information for one glyph.  A line
comprises a number of fields separated by blanks or tabs.  The format is

     NAME METRICS TYPE CODE [ENTITY-NAME] [`--' COMMENT]

NAME identifies the glyph name(2) (*note Font File Format-Footnote-2::):
If NAME is a single character C then it corresponds to the `gtroff'
input character C; if it is of the form `\C' where C is a single
character, then it corresponds to the special character `\[C]';
otherwise it corresponds to the special character `\[NAME]'.  If it is
exactly two characters XX it can be entered as `\(XX'.  Note that
single-letter special characters can't be accessed as `\C'; the only
exception is `\-' which is identical to `\[-]'.

   `gtroff' supports 8-bit input characters; however some utilities
have difficulties with eight-bit characters.  For this reason, there is
a convention that the entity name `charN' is equivalent to the single
input character whose code is N.  For example, `char163' would be
equivalent to the character with code 163 which is the pounds sterling
sign in the ISO Latin-1 character set.  You shouldn't use `charN'
entities in font description files since they are related to input, not
output.  Otherwise, you get hard-coded connections between input and
output encoding which prevents use of different (input) character sets.

   The name `---' is special and indicates that the glyph is unnamed;
such glyphs can only be used by means of the `\N' escape sequence in
`gtroff'.

   The TYPE field gives the glyph type:

`1'
     the glyph has a descender, for example, `p';

`2'
     the glyph has an ascender, for example, `b';

`3'
     the glyph has both an ascender and a descender, for example, `('.

   The CODE field gives the code which the postprocessor uses to print
the glyph.  The glyph can also be input to `gtroff' using this code by
means of the `\N' escape sequence.  CODE can be any integer.  If it
starts with `0' it is interpreted as octal; if it starts with `0x' or
`0X' it is interpreted as hexadecimal.  Note, however, that the `\N'
escape sequence only accepts a decimal integer.

   The ENTITY-NAME field gives an ASCII string identifying the glyph
which the postprocessor uses to print the `gtroff' glyph NAME.  This
field is optional and has been introduced so that the HTML device
driver can encode its character set.  For example, the glyph `\[Po]' is
represented as `&pound;' in HTML 4.0.

   Anything on the line after the ENTITY-NAME field resp. after `--'
will be ignored.

   The METRICS field has the form:

     WIDTH[`,'HEIGHT[`,'DEPTH[`,'ITALIC-CORRECTION
       [`,'LEFT-ITALIC-CORRECTION[`,'SUBSCRIPT-CORRECTION]]]]]

There must not be any spaces between these subfields (it has been split
here into two lines for better legibility only).  Missing subfields are
assumed to be 0.  The subfields are all decimal integers.  Since there
is no associated binary format, these values are not required to fit
into a variable of type `char' as they are in `ditroff'.  The WIDTH
subfield gives the width of the glyph.  The HEIGHT subfield gives the
height of the glyph (upwards is positive); if a glyph does not extend
above the baseline, it should be given a zero height, rather than a
negative height.  The DEPTH subfield gives the depth of the glyph, that
is, the distance from the baseline to the lowest point below the
baseline to which the glyph extends (downwards is positive); if a glyph
does not extend below the baseline, it should be given a zero depth,
rather than a negative depth.  The ITALIC-CORRECTION subfield gives the
amount of space that should be added after the glyph when it is
immediately to be followed by a glyph from a roman font.  The
LEFT-ITALIC-CORRECTION subfield gives the amount of space that should
be added before the glyph when it is immediately to be preceded by a
glyph from a roman font.  The SUBSCRIPT-CORRECTION gives the amount of
space that should be added after a glyph before adding a subscript.
This should be less than the italic correction.

   A line in the `charset' section can also have the format


     NAME "

This indicates that NAME is just another name for the glyph mentioned
in the preceding line.

   The word `kernpairs' starts the kernpairs section.  This contains a
sequence of lines of the form:


     C1 C2 N

This means that when glyph C1 appears next to glyph C2 the space
between them should be increased by N.  Most entries in the kernpairs
section have a negative value for N.


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   (1) This keyword is misnamed since it starts a list of ordered
glyphs, not characters.

   (2) The distinction between input, characters, and output, glyphs,
is not clearly separated in the terminology of `groff'; for example,
the `char' request should be called `glyph' since it defines an output
entity.


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A.1 GNU Free Documentation License
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                      Version 1.2, November 2002

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A.1.1 ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents
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To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
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       with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover
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   If you have Invariant Sections without Cover Texts, or some other
combination of the three, merge those two alternatives to suit the
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