version 1.96, 2018/04/10 00:52:30 |
version 1.97, 2018/08/10 04:41:25 |
Line 206 Unescaped trailing spaces are stripped from text line |
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Line 206 Unescaped trailing spaces are stripped from text line |
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literal context. |
literal context. |
In general, trailing whitespace on any input line is discouraged for |
In general, trailing whitespace on any input line is discouraged for |
reasons of portability. |
reasons of portability. |
In the rare case that a blank character is needed at the end of an |
In the rare case that a space character is needed at the end of an |
input line, it may be forced by |
input line, it may be forced by |
.Sq \e\ \e& . |
.Sq \e\ \e& . |
.Pp |
.Pp |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
in the input stream, and thus in the output: \fI\^XtFree\^\fP. |
in the input stream, and thus in the output: \fI\^XtFree\^\fP. |
Each occurrence of \e\e$* is replaced with all the arguments, |
Each occurrence of \e\e$* is replaced with all the arguments, |
joined together with single blank characters. |
joined together with single space characters. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
Since macros and user-defined strings share a common string table, |
Since macros and user-defined strings share a common string table, |
defining a macro |
defining a macro |
Line 1346 Currently unsupported. |
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Line 1346 Currently unsupported. |
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Temporarily turn off line numbering. |
Temporarily turn off line numbering. |
Currently unsupported. |
Currently unsupported. |
.It Ic \&nop Ar body |
.It Ic \&nop Ar body |
Execute the rest of the input line as a request or macro line. |
Execute the rest of the input line as a request, macro, or text line, |
Currently unsupported. |
skipping the |
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.Ic \&nop |
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request and any space characters immediately following it. |
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This is mostly used to indent text lines inside macro definitions. |
.It Ic \&nr Ar register Oo Cm + Ns | Ns Cm - Oc Ns Ar expression Op Ar stepsize |
.It Ic \&nr Ar register Oo Cm + Ns | Ns Cm - Oc Ns Ar expression Op Ar stepsize |
Define or change a register. |
Define or change a register. |
A register is an arbitrary string value that defines some sort of state, |
A register is an arbitrary string value that defines some sort of state, |