=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/roff.7,v retrieving revision 1.37 retrieving revision 1.43 diff -u -p -r1.37 -r1.43 --- mandoc/roff.7 2011/12/11 00:38:11 1.37 +++ mandoc/roff.7 2013/10/14 01:43:14 1.43 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.37 2011/12/11 00:38:11 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.43 2013/10/14 01:43:14 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 11 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 14 2013 $ .Dt ROFF 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ depends on the respective processing context. .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character. -The back-space character +The backslash character .Sq \e indicates the start of an escape sequence for .Sx Comments , @@ -146,12 +146,19 @@ respectively) may be used instead. The indicator or numerical representative may be preceded by C (constant-width), which is ignored. .Pp +The two-character indicator +.Sq BI +requests a font that is both bold and italic. +It may not be portable to old roff implementations. +.Pp Examples: .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact .It Li \efBbold\efR -Write in bold, then switch to regular font mode. +Write in \fBbold\fP, then switch to regular font mode. .It Li \efIitalic\efP -Write in italic, then return to previous font mode. +Write in \fIitalic\fP, then return to previous font mode. +.It Li \ef(BIbold italic\efP +Write in \f(BIbold italic\fP, then return to previous font mode. .El .Pp Text decoration is @@ -417,6 +424,18 @@ The syntax of this request is the same as that of It is currently ignored by .Xr mandoc 1 , as are its children. +.Ss \&cc +Changes the control character. +Its syntax is as follows: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +.Pf . Cm \&cc Op Ar c +.Ed +.Pp +If +.Ar c +is not specified, the control character is reset to +.Sq \&. . +Trailing characters are ignored. .Ss \&de Define a .Nm @@ -619,6 +638,12 @@ Begin an equation block. See .Xr eqn 7 for a description of the equation language. +.Ss \&fam +Change the font family. +This line-scoped request is intended to have one argument specifying +the font family to be selected. +It is a groff extension, and currently, it is ignored including its +arguments, and the number of arguments is not checked. .Ss \&hy Set automatic hyphenation mode. This line-scoped request is currently ignored. @@ -896,7 +921,7 @@ See .Xr tbl 7 for a description of the tbl language. .Sh COMPATIBILITY -This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other +This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other .Nm implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff .Pq Qq groff . @@ -982,8 +1007,6 @@ In 1989, James Clarke re-implemented troff in C++, nam This .Nm reference was written by -.An Kristaps Dzonsons , -.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv ; +.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv and -.An Ingo Schwarze , -.Mt schwarze@openbsd.org . +.An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org .