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respectively) may be used instead. A text decoration is valid within |
respectively) may be used instead. A text decoration is valid within |
the current font scope only: if a macro opens a font scope alongside |
the current font scope only: if a macro opens a font scope alongside |
its own scope, such as |
its own scope, such as |
.Sx \&Bf |
.Sx \&Bf |
.Cm \&Sy , |
.Cm \&Sy , |
in-scope invocations of |
in-scope invocations of |
.Sq \ef |
.Sq \ef |
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.Ss \&Fc |
.Ss \&Fc |
.Ss \&Fd |
.Ss \&Fd |
.Ss \&Fl |
.Ss \&Fl |
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Command-line flag. Used when listing arguments to command-line |
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utilities. Prints a fixed-width hyphen |
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.Sq \- |
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before each delimited argument. If no arguments are provided, a hyphen |
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is still printed. |
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.Pp |
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Examples: |
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.Bd -literal -offset indent |
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\&.Fl a b c |
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\&.Fl |
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\&.Op Fl o Ns Ar file |
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.Ed |
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.Pp |
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See also |
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.Sx \&Cm . |
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.Ss \&Fn |
.Ss \&Fn |
.Ss \&Fo |
.Ss \&Fo |
.Ss \&Fr |
.Ss \&Fr |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
.Bl -dash -compact |
.Bl -dash -compact |
.It |
.It |
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Historic |
.Xr groff 1 |
.Xr groff 1 |
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does not print a dash for empty |
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.Sx \&Fl |
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arguments. This behaviour has been discontinued. |
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.It |
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.Xr groff 1 |
behaves strangely (even between versions) when specifying |
behaves strangely (even between versions) when specifying |
.Sq \ef |
.Sq \ef |
escapes within line-macro scopes. These aberrations have been |
escapes within line-macro scopes. These aberrations have been |
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.It |
.It |
Negative scaling units are now truncated to zero instead of creating |
Negative scaling units are now truncated to zero instead of creating |
interesting conditions, such as with |
interesting conditions, such as with |
.Sx \&sp |
.Sx \&sp |
.Cm \-1i . |
.Cm \-1i . |
Furthermore, the |
Furthermore, the |
.Sq f |
.Sq f |
Line 1849 standalone double-quote in formatted output. This idi |
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Line 1871 standalone double-quote in formatted output. This idi |
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behaviour is no longer applicable. |
behaviour is no longer applicable. |
.It |
.It |
Display types |
Display types |
.Sx \&Bd |
.Sx \&Bd |
.Fl center |
.Fl center |
and |
and |
.Fl right |
.Fl right |
Line 1880 made historic groff |
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Line 1902 made historic groff |
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.Qq go orbital |
.Qq go orbital |
but is a proper delimiter in this implementation. |
but is a proper delimiter in this implementation. |
.It |
.It |
.Sx \&It |
.Sx \&It |
.Fl nested |
.Fl nested |
is assumed for all lists (it wasn't in historic groff): any list may be |
is assumed for all lists (it wasn't in historic groff): any list may be |
nested and |
nested and |