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version 1.52, 2009/11/12 08:21:05

Line 67 line termination.

Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a

vertical space.

.Pp

The

.Sq \ec

escape is common in historical

.Nm

documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the

subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace.

.Ss Comments

Text following a

.Sq \e\*" ,

Line 109 and

Line 101 and

.Ss Text Decoration

Terms may be text-decorated using the

.Sq \ef

escape followed by an indicator: B (bold), I, (italic), or P and R

escape followed by an indicator: B (bold), I, (italic), R (Roman), or P

(Roman, or reset).

(revert to previous mode):

.Pp

.D1 \efBbold\efR \efIitalic\efP

.Pp

A numerical representation 3, 2, or 1 (bold, italic, and Roman,

respectively) may be used instead. A text decoration is only valid, if

specified in free-form text, until the next macro invocation; if

specified within a macro, it's only valid until the macro closes scope.

.Pp

Text may also be sized with the

.Sq \es

escape, whose syntax is one of

.Sq \es+-n

for one-digit numerals;

.Sq \es(+-nn

.Sq \es+-(nn

for two-digit numerals; and

.Sq \es[+-N] ,

.Sq \es+-[N] ,

.Sq \es'+-N' ,

.Sq \es+-'N'

for arbitrary-digit numerals:

.Pp

.D1 \es+1bigger\es-1

.D1 \es[+10]much bigger\es[-10]

.D1 \es+(10much bigger\es-(10

.D1 \es+'100'much much bigger\es-'100'

.Pp

Both

.Sq \es

and

.Sq \ef

attributes are forgotten when exiting a subsequent (or current) macro

invocation.

.Ss Whitespace

Line 890 End literal mode begun by

Line 917 End literal mode begun by

.Ss \&i

Italicise arguments. If no arguments are specified, all subsequent text

Italicise arguments. Synonym for

is italicised.

.Sx \&I .

.Pp