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.It Sx TP Ta tagged paragraph: Op Ar width |
.It Sx TP Ta tagged paragraph: Op Ar width |
.It Sx HP Ta hanged paragraph: Op Ar width |
.It Sx HP Ta hanged paragraph: Op Ar width |
.It Sx PD Ta set vertical paragraph distance: Op Ar height |
.It Sx PD Ta set vertical paragraph distance: Op Ar height |
.It Sx \&br Ta force output line break in text mode (no arguments) |
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.It Sx \&sp Ta force vertical space: Op Ar height |
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.It Sx fi , nf Ta fill mode and no-fill mode (no arguments) |
.It Sx fi , nf Ta fill mode and no-fill mode (no arguments) |
.It Sx in Ta additional indent: Op Ar width |
.It Sx in Ta additional indent: Op Ar width |
.El |
.El |
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and |
and |
.Sx \&IR . |
.Sx \&IR . |
.Ss \&DT |
.Ss \&DT |
Has no effect. |
Restore the default tabulator positions. |
Included for compatibility. |
They are at intervals of 0.5 inches. |
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This has no effect unless the tabulator positions were changed with the |
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.Xr roff 7 |
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.Ic \&ta |
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request. |
.Ss \&EE |
.Ss \&EE |
This is a non-standard GNU extension, included only for compatibility. |
This is a non-standard GNU extension, included only for compatibility. |
In |
In |
Line 369 Begin a paragraph whose initial output line is left-ju |
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Line 371 Begin a paragraph whose initial output line is left-ju |
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subsequent output lines are indented, with the following syntax: |
subsequent output lines are indented, with the following syntax: |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Pf \. Sx \&HP |
.Pf \. Sx \&HP |
.Op Cm width |
.Op Ar width |
.Ed |
.Ed |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The |
The |
.Cm width |
.Ar width |
argument is a |
argument is a |
.Xr roff 7 |
.Xr roff 7 |
scaling width. |
scaling width. |
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Begin an indented paragraph with the following syntax: |
Begin an indented paragraph with the following syntax: |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Pf \. Sx \&IP |
.Pf \. Sx \&IP |
.Op Cm head Op Cm width |
.Op Ar head Op Ar width |
.Ed |
.Ed |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The |
The |
.Cm width |
.Ar width |
argument is a |
argument is a |
.Xr roff 7 |
.Xr roff 7 |
scaling width defining the left margin. |
scaling width defining the left margin. |
Line 425 It's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspec |
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Line 427 It's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspec |
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default width is used. |
default width is used. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The |
The |
.Cm head |
.Ar head |
argument is used as a leading term, flushed to the left margin. |
argument is used as a leading term, flushed to the left margin. |
This is useful for bulleted paragraphs and so on. |
This is useful for bulleted paragraphs and so on. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
Line 470 This is a non-standard GNU extension, included only fo |
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Line 472 This is a non-standard GNU extension, included only fo |
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It has the following syntax: |
It has the following syntax: |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Pf \. Sx \&OP |
.Pf \. Sx \&OP |
.Cm key Op Cm value |
.Ar key Op Ar value |
.Ed |
.Ed |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The |
The |
.Cm key |
.Ar key |
is usually a command-line flag and |
is usually a command-line flag and |
.Cm value |
.Ar value |
its argument. |
its argument. |
.Ss \&P |
.Ss \&P |
Synonym for |
Synonym for |
Line 495 Specify the vertical space to be inserted before each |
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Line 497 Specify the vertical space to be inserted before each |
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The syntax is as follows: |
The syntax is as follows: |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Pf \. Sx \&PD |
.Pf \. Sx \&PD |
.Op Cm height |
.Op Ar height |
.Ed |
.Ed |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The |
The |
.Cm height |
.Ar height |
argument is a |
argument is a |
.Xr roff 7 |
.Xr roff 7 |
scaling width. |
scaling width. |
Line 598 Temporarily reset the default left margin. |
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Line 600 Temporarily reset the default left margin. |
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This has the following syntax: |
This has the following syntax: |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Pf \. Sx \&RS |
.Pf \. Sx \&RS |
.Op Cm width |
.Op Ar width |
.Ed |
.Ed |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The |
The |
.Cm width |
.Ar width |
argument is a |
argument is a |
.Xr roff 7 |
.Xr roff 7 |
scaling width. |
scaling width. |
Line 671 Subsequent output lines are indented. |
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Line 673 Subsequent output lines are indented. |
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The syntax is as follows: |
The syntax is as follows: |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Bd -filled -offset indent |
.Pf \. Sx \&TP |
.Pf \. Sx \&TP |
.Op Cm width |
.Op Ar width |
.Ed |
.Ed |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The |
The |
.Cm width |
.Ar width |
argument is a |
argument is a |
.Xr roff 7 |
.Xr roff 7 |
scaling width. |
scaling width. |
Line 708 It has the following syntax: |
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Line 710 It has the following syntax: |
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link description to be shown |
link description to be shown |
.Pf \. Sx UE |
.Pf \. Sx UE |
.Ed |
.Ed |
.Ss \&br |
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Breaks the current line. |
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Consecutive invocations have no further effect. |
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.Pp |
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See also |
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.Sx \&sp . |
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.Ss \&fi |
.Ss \&fi |
End literal mode begun by |
End literal mode begun by |
.Sx \&nf . |
.Sx \&nf . |
.Ss \&in |
.Ss \&in |
Indent relative to the current indentation: |
Indent relative to the current indentation: |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.D1 Pf \. Sx \&in Op Cm width |
.D1 Pf \. Sx \&in Op Ar width |
.Pp |
.Pp |
If |
If |
.Cm width |
.Ar width |
is signed, the new offset is relative. |
is signed, the new offset is relative. |
Otherwise, it is absolute. |
Otherwise, it is absolute. |
This value is reset upon the next paragraph, section, or sub-section. |
This value is reset upon the next paragraph, section, or sub-section. |
.Ss \&na |
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Don't align to the right margin. |
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.Ss \&nf |
.Ss \&nf |
Begin literal mode: all subsequent free-form lines have their end of |
Begin literal mode: all subsequent free-form lines have their end of |
line boundaries preserved. |
line boundaries preserved. |
Line 738 Literal mode is implicitly ended by |
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Line 732 Literal mode is implicitly ended by |
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.Sx \&SH |
.Sx \&SH |
or |
or |
.Sx \&SS . |
.Sx \&SS . |
.Ss \&sp |
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Insert vertical spaces into output with the following syntax: |
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.Bd -filled -offset indent |
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.Pf \. Sx \&sp |
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.Op Cm height |
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.Ed |
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.Pp |
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The |
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.Cm height |
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argument is a scaling width as described in |
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.Xr roff 7 . |
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If 0, this is equivalent to the |
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.Sx \&br |
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macro. |
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Defaults to 1, if unspecified. |
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.Pp |
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See also |
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.Sx \&br . |
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.Sh MACRO SYNTAX |
.Sh MACRO SYNTAX |
The |
The |
.Nm |
.Nm |
Line 779 is equivalent to |
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Line 755 is equivalent to |
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.Sq \&.I foo . |
.Sq \&.I foo . |
If next-line macros are invoked consecutively, only the last is used. |
If next-line macros are invoked consecutively, only the last is used. |
If a next-line macro is followed by a non-next-line macro, an error is |
If a next-line macro is followed by a non-next-line macro, an error is |
raised, except for |
raised. |
.Sx \&br , |
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.Sx \&sp , |
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and |
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.Sx \&na . |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
The syntax is as follows: |
The syntax is as follows: |
.Bd -literal -offset indent |
.Bd -literal -offset indent |
Line 811 The syntax is as follows: |
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Line 783 The syntax is as follows: |
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.It Sx \&SM Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& |
.It Sx \&SM Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& |
.It Sx \&TH Ta >1, <6 Ta current Ta \& |
.It Sx \&TH Ta >1, <6 Ta current Ta \& |
.It Sx \&UC Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \& |
.It Sx \&UC Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \& |
.It Sx \&br Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat |
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.It Sx \&fi Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat |
.It Sx \&fi Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat |
.It Sx \&in Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat |
.It Sx \&in Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat |
.It Sx \&na Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat |
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.It Sx \&nf Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat |
.It Sx \&nf Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat |
.It Sx \&sp Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat |
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.El |
.El |
.Pp |
.Pp |
Macros marked as |
Macros marked as |
Line 898 until the end of the macro scope. |
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Line 867 until the end of the macro scope. |
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Note that macros like |
Note that macros like |
.Sx \&BR |
.Sx \&BR |
open and close a font scope for each argument. |
open and close a font scope for each argument. |
.Sh COMPATIBILITY |
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This section mentions some areas of questionable portability between |
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implementations of the |
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.Nm |
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language. |
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More incompatibilities exist. |
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.Pp |
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.Bl -dash -compact |
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.It |
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Do not depend on |
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.Sx \&SH |
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or |
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.Sx \&SS |
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to close out a literal context opened with |
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.Sx \&nf . |
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This behaviour may not be portable. |
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.It |
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troff suppresses a newline before |
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.Sq \(aq |
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macro output; in mandoc, it is an alias for the standard |
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.Sq \&. |
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control character. |
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.It |
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In page header lines, GNU troff versions up to and including 1.21 |
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only print |
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.Ar volume |
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names explicitly specified in the |
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.Sx \&TH |
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macro; mandoc and newer groff print the default volume name |
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corresponding to the |
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.Ar section |
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number when no |
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.Ar volume |
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is given, like in |
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.Xr mdoc 7 . |
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.El |
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.Pp |
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The |
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.Sx EE , |
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.Sx EX , |
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.Sx OP , |
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.Sx UE , |
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and |
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.Sx UR |
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macros are part of the GNU extended |
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.Nm |
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macro set, and may not be portable to non-GNU troff implementations. |
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.Sh SEE ALSO |
.Sh SEE ALSO |
.Xr man 1 , |
.Xr man 1 , |
.Xr mandoc 1 , |
.Xr mandoc 1 , |