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version 1.7, 2009/03/23 09:42:43 |
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.Ss Reserved Words |
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The reserved words described in |
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are handled according to the following rules: |
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.Bl -enum -offset XXX |
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Opening delimiters |
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.Sq \&( , |
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.Sq \&[ , |
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and |
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.Sq \&{ |
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.Pc are not followed by whitespace. |
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.It |
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Closing delimiters |
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.Po |
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.Sq \&. , |
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.Sq \&, , |
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.Sq \&; , |
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.Sq \&: , |
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.Sq \&? , |
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.Sq \&! , |
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.Sq \&) , |
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.Sq \&] |
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and |
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.Sq \&} |
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.Pc are not preceeded by whitespace. |
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.El |
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.\" PARAGRAPH |
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Note that reserved words only register as such as if they appear as |
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standalone tokens, either in parsed lines or streams of text. Thus, the |
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following fragment: |
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.Bd -literal -offset XXXX |
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this self is not that of the waking , empirically real man |
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.Ed |
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\&...correctly adjusts the comma spacing to |
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.Dq this self is not that of the waking , empirically real man . |
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However, if the comma were part of |
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.Dq ,empirically , |
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it would not. |
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.Ss Output Formats |
.Ss Output Formats |
The |
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Line 145 utility was written by |
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Line 189 utility was written by |
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.Sh CAVEATS |
.Sh CAVEATS |
The |
The |
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utility doesn't yet know how to display the following: |
utility in |
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.Fl T Ns Ar ascii |
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mode doesn't yet know how to display the following: |
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.Bl -bullet -compact |
.Bl -bullet -compact |
.It |
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The \-hang |
The \-hang |
.Sq \&Bl |
.Sq \&Bl |
list is not yet supported. |
list is not yet supported. |
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The \-literal and \-unfilled |
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.Sq \&Bd |
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displays only accept text contents. |
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The |
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.Sq \&Xo/Xc |
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pair isn't supported. |
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The |
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.Sq \&Sm |
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macro has no effect, yet. |
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Other macros still aren't supported by virtue of nobody complaining |
Other macros still aren't supported by virtue of nobody complaining |
about their absence. Please report any omissions: this is a work in |
about their absence. Please report any omissions: this is a work in |
progress. |
progress. |
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The following list documents differences between traditional |
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.Xr nroff 1 |
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output and |
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.Nm : |
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.Pp |
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.Bl -bullet -compact |
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.It |
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A list of display following |
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.Sq \&Ss |
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does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with |
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.Sq \&Sh . |
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.It |
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Special characters don't follow the current font style. |
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.\" LIST-ITEM |
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The \-literal and \-unfilled |
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.Sq \&Bd |
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displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged. |
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.El |