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13 KiB
Groff
547 lines
13 KiB
Groff
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.TH GROFF_TRACE @MAN7EXT@ "@MDATE@" "Groff Version @VERSION@"
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.SH NAME
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groff_trace \- groff macro package trace.tmac
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.\" The .SH was moved to this place to make `apropos' happy.
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.\" Legalize
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.ig
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groff_trace.7
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File position: <groff-source>/tmac/groff_trace.man
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Last update: 14 July 2002
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This file is part of groff, the GNU roff type-setting system.
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Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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written by Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de>
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or
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any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with the
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Invariant Sections being this .ig-section and AUTHOR, with no
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Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts.
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A copy of the Free Documentation License is included as a file called
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FDL in the main directory of the groff source package.
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..
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.\" Setup
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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.mso www.tmac
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.
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.if n \{\
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. mso tty-char.tmac
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. ftr CR R
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. ftr CI I
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. ftr CB B
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.\}
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.
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.ds Ellipsis .\|.\|.\&\"
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.
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.\" Global static variables for inter-macro communication
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.rr @+Example_font
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.
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.\" setup for the macro definitions below
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.\"
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.\" naming: namespace:category_macro.variable_name (experimental)
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.\" configuration of prompt for `.Shell_cmd'* macros
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.ds trace:Shell_cmd.prompt_text sh#\" prompt for shell commands
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.ds trace:Shell_cmd+.prompt_text >\" prompt on continuation lines
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.ds trace:Shell_cmd_base.prompt_font I\" font for prompts
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.
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.\" automatically determine setup from the configuration above
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.als @f trace:Shell_cmd_base.prompt_font\"
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.als @t trace:Shell_cmd.prompt_text\"
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.als @t+ trace:Shell_cmd+.prompt_text\"
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.ds trace:Shell_cmd.prompt \f[\*[@f]]\*[@t]\f[]\" needed
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.ds trace:Shell_cmd+.prompt \f[\*[@f]]\*[@t+]\f[]\" needed
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.nr @w \w'\*[trace:Shell_cmd.prompt]'\"
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.nr @w+ \w'\*[trace:Shell_cmd+.prompt]'\"
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.ft \*[@f]
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.\" Full prompt width is maximum of texts plus 1m
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.nr trace:Shell_cmd_base.prompt_width (\n[@w]>?\n[@w+]+1m)\" needed
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.ft
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.rm @f
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.rm @f+
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.rm @t
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.rm @t+
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.rr @w
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.rr @w+
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.
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.\"--------------------------------------------------------------------
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.\" Ignore all arguments like a comment, even after a .eo call.
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.de c
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de BIR
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. ie (\\n[.$] < 3) \
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. BI \\$@
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. el \{\
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. ds @tmp@ \fB\\$1\f[]\fI\\$2\f[]
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. shift 2
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. Text \\*[@tmp@]\fR\\$*\f[]
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. rm @tmp@
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. \}
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..
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.c .Env_var (<env_var_name> [<punct>])
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.c
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.c Display an environment variable, with optional punctuation.
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.c
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.de Env_var
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. nh
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. SM
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. Text \f[CB]\\$1\f[]\\$2
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. hy
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.c .Error (<text>...)
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.c
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.c Print error message to terminal and abort.
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.c
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.de Error
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. tm \\$*
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. ab
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de Example
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. if r@+Example_font \
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. Error previous .Example was not terminated by a ./Example
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. nr @+Example_font \\n[.f]
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. nh
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. nf
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.c RS \\n[trace:Shell_cmd_base.prompt_width]u
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. ft CR
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de /Example
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. if !r@+Example_font \
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. Error no previous call to .Example
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. ft \\n[@+Example_font]
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.c RE
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. fi
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. hy
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. rr @+Example_font
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de Macdef
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. if (\\n[.$] <= 0) \
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. Error \\$0 needs at least one argument.
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. ds @s .\f[B]\\$1\f[]\"
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. shift
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. if (\\n[.$] > 0) \
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. as @s \~\f[I]\\$*\f[]\"
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. IP \\*[@s]
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. rm @s
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de Macdef+
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. br
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. ns
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. Macdef \\$@
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.c .Shell_cmd (<CR> [<CI>] ...)
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.c
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.c A shell command line; display args alternating in fonts CR and CI.
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.c
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.c Examples:
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.c .Shell_cmd "groffer --dpi 100 file"
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.c result: `sh# groffer --dpi 100 file'
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.c with 'sh#' in font I, the rest in CR
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.c
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.c .Shell_cmd groffer\~--dpi\~100\~file
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.c result: the same as above
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.c
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.c .Shell_cmd "groffer --dpi=" value " file"
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.c result: sh# groffer --dpi=value file
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.c with `groffer --dpi=' and `file' in CR; `value' in CI
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.c
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.c .Shell_cmd groffer\~--dpi= value \~file
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.c result: the same as the previous example
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.c
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.de Shell_cmd
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. trace:Shell_cmd_base "\*[trace:Shell_cmd.prompt]" \\$@
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.c .Shell_cmd+ (<CR> [<CI>] ...)
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.c
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.c A continuation line for .Shell_cmd.
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.c
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.de Shell_cmd+
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. trace:Shell_cmd_base "\*[trace:Shell_cmd+.prompt]" \\$@
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.c .Shell_cmd_base (<prompt> [<CR> [<CI>] ...])
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.c
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.c A shell command line; display args alternating in fonts CR and CI.
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.c Internal, do not use directly.
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.c
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.c Globals: read-only register @.Shell_cmd_width
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.c
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.de trace:Shell_cmd_base
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. if (\\n[.$] <= 0) \
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. return
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. nr @+font \\n[.f]\"
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. ds @prompt \\$1\"
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. ft CR
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. c gap between prompt and command
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. nr @+gap \\n[trace:Shell_cmd_base.prompt_width]-\\w'\\*[@prompt]'\"
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. ds @res \\*[@prompt]\h'\\n[@+gap]u'\"
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. shift
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. ds @cf CR\"
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. while (\\n[.$] > 0) \{\
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. as @res \\f[\\*[@cf]]\\$1\"
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. shift
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. ie '\\*[@cf]'CR' \
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. ds @cf I\"
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. el \
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. ds @cf CR\"
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. \}
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. br
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. ad l
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. nh
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. nf
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. Text \\*[@res]\"
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. fi
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. hy
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. ad
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. br
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. ft \\n[@+font]
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. rr @+font
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. rr @+gap
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. rm @cf
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. rm @res
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..
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.c .Text (<text>...)
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.c
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.c Treat the arguments as text, no matter how they look.
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.c
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.de Text
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. if (\\n[.$] == 0) \
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. return
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. nop \)\\$*\)
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.c .Topic ([<indent>])
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.c
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.c A bulleted paragraph.
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.c
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.de Topic
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. ie (\\n[.$] = 0) \
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. .ds @indent 2m\"
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. el \
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. .ds @indent \\$1\"
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. TP \\*[@indent]
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. Text \[bu]
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. rm @indent
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..
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.c .TP+ ()
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.c
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.c Continuation line for .TP header.
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.c
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.de TP+
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. br
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. ns
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. TP \\$1
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de 'char
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. ds @tmp@ `\f(CR\\$1\f[]'
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. shift
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. Text \\*[@tmp@]\\$*
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. rm @tmp@
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..
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de option
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. ds @tmp@ \f(CB\\$1\f[]
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. shift 1
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. Text \\*[@tmp@]\\$*
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. rm @tmp@
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..
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de argument
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. ds @tmp@ \f(CI\\$1\f[]
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. shift 1
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. Text \\*[@tmp@]\\$*
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. rm @tmp@
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de request
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. ds @tmp@ \f(CB\\$1\f[]
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. shift 1
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. Text .\\*[@tmp@]\\$*
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. rm @tmp@
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..
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.c --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.de escape
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. ds @tmp@ \f[CB]\\$1\f[]
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. shift 1
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. Text \[rs]\\*[@tmp@]\\$*
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. rm @tmp@
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..
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.\" SH SYNOPSIS
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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.B groff -m trace
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.RI [ options\*[Ellipsis] ]
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.RI [ files\*[Ellipsis] ]
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.
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.
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.P
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Elements in brackets denote optional arguments, and the ellipsis means
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that there can be any number of arguments of this kind.
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.
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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The
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.I trace
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macro package of
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.BR groff (@MAN1EXT@)
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can be a valuable tool for debugging documents written in the roff
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formatting language.
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.
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A call stack trace is protocolled on standard error, that means, a
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diagnostic message is emitted on entering and exiting of a macro call.
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.
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This greatly eases to track down an error in some macro.
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.
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.
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.P
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This tracing process is activated by specifying the groff or troff
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command line option
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.BR "-m\~trace" .
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This works also with the
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.BR groffer (@MAN1EXT@)
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viewer program.
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.
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A finer control can be obtained by including the macro file within the
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document by the groff macro call
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.BR ".mso\~trace.tmac" .
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Only macros that are defined after this line are traced.
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.
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.
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.P
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If some other macro package should be traced as well it must be specified
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after
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.BR "-m\~trace"
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on the command line.
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.
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.
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.P
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The macro file
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.B trace.tmac
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is unusual because it does not contain any macros to be called by a
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user.
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.
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Instead, the existing macro definition and appending facilities are
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modified such that they display diagnostic messages.
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.
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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.P
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In the following examples, a roff fragment is fed into groff via
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standard input.
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.
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As we are only interested in the diagnostic messages (standard error)
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on the terminal, the normal formatted output (standard output) is
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redirected into the nirvana device
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.IR /dev/null .
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The resulting diagnostic messages are displayed directly below the
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corresponding example.
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.
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SS "Command line option"
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.
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.P
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.Shell_cmd "echo '."
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.Shell_cmd+ ".de test_macro"
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.Shell_cmd+ ".."
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.Shell_cmd+ ".test_macro"
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.Shell_cmd+ ".test_macro some dummy arguments"
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.Shell_cmd+ "' | groff -m trace >/dev/null"
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.P
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.Example
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*** de trace enter: test_macro
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*** trace exit: test_macro
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*** de trace enter: test_macro "some" "dummy" "arguments"
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*** trace exit: test_macro "some" "dummy" "arguments"
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./Example
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.
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.P
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The entry and the exit of each macro call is displayed on the terminal
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(standard output) \[em] together with the arguments (if any).
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.
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SS "Nested macro calls"
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.
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.P
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.Shell_cmd "echo '."
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.Shell_cmd+ ".de child"
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.Shell_cmd+ ".."
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.Shell_cmd+ ".de parent"
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.Shell_cmd+ ".child"
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.Shell_cmd+ ".."
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.Shell_cmd+ ".parent"
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.Shell_cmd+ "' | groff -m trace >/dev/null"
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.P
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.Example
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*** de trace enter: parent
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*** de trace enter: child
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*** trace exit: child
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*** trace exit: parent
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./Example
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.
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This shows that macro calls can be nested.
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.
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This powerful feature can help to tack down quite complex call stacks.
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SS "Activating with .mso"
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.
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.Shell_cmd "echo '."
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.Shell_cmd+ ".de before"
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.Shell_cmd+ ..
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.Shell_cmd+ ".mso trace.tmac"
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.Shell_cmd+ ".de after"
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.Shell_cmd+ ..
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.Shell_cmd+ .before
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.Shell_cmd+ .after
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.Shell_cmd+ .before
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.Shell_cmd+ "' | groff >/dev/null"
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.P
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.Example
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*** de trace enter: after
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*** trace exit: after
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./Example
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.
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.P
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Here, the tracing is activated within the document, not by a command
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line option.
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.
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As tracing was not active when macro
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.I before
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was defined, no call of this macro is protocolled; on the other hand,
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the macro
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.I after
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is fully protocolled.
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.
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SH FILES
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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The
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.I trace
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macros are kept in the file
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.B trace.tmac
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located in the
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.IR "tmac directory" ;
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see
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.BR groff_tmac (@MAN5EXT@)
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for details.
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.
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SH ENVIRONMENT
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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.TP
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.Env_var $GROFF_TMAC_PATH
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A colon-separated list of additional tmac directories in which to
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search for macro files; see
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.BR groff_tmac (@MAN5EXT@)
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for details.
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.
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SH AUTHOR
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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.
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.P
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This document is distributed under the terms of the FDL (GNU Free
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Documentation License) version 1.1 or later.
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.
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You should have received a copy of the FDL on your system, it is also
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available on-line at the
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.URL http://\:www.gnu.org/\:copyleft/\:fdl.html "GNU copyleft site" .
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.
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.P
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This document is part of
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.IR groff ,
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the GNU roff distribution.
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.
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It was written by
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.MTO bwarken@mayn.de "Bernd Warken".
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.
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.
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
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.TP
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.BR groff (@MAN1EXT@)
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An overview of the groff system.
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.
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.
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.TP
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.BR troff (@MAN1EXT@)
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For details on option
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.BR -m .
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.
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.
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.TP
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.BR groffer (@MAN1EXT@)
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A viewer program for all kinds of roff documents.
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.
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.
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.TP
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.BR groff_tmac (@MAN5EXT@)
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A general description of groff macro packages.
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.
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.
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.TP
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.BR groff (@MAN7EXT@)
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A short reference for the groff formatting language.
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.
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.
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.P
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A complete reference for all parts of the groff system is found in the
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groff
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.BR info (1)
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file.
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.
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.
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.\" Local Variables:
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.\" mode: nroff
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.\" End:
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