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This file describes recent user-visible changes in groff. Bug fixes are not
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described. There are more details in the man and info pages.
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VERSION 1.19.2
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==============
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Troff
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-----
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o Analogously to the .ft and \f pair, two new requests `gcolor' and
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`fcolor' (which pair with \m and \M, respectively) have been added to
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set the glyph and background colours.
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o A new read-only, string-valued register `.sty' returns the name of the
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current style.
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o Two new conditional operators `F <name>' and `S <name>' have been added.
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`F' is true if a font <name> exists. `S' is true if a style <name> has
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been registered.
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o Cyrillic characters have been added to the `utf8' and `html' output
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devices.
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Pic
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---
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o The `by' argument in a `for' loop can now be negative if it is additive.
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For the multiplicative case, it must be greater than zero.
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Eqn
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---
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o The following keywords aren't new but haven't been documented previously:
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undef NAME (to undefine a macro)
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copy "FILE" (a synonym for `include')
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space n (to modify the vertical spacing before and after
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an equation)
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o The following macros aren't new but haven't been documented previously:
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Alpha, ..., Omega (the same as `ALPHA', ..., `OMEGA')
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ldots (three dots on the base line)
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dollar (a dollar glyph)
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o The following keywords have been extended. Again, this isn't new but
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hasn't been documented previously:
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col n { ... }
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lcol n { ... }
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rcol n { ... }
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ccol n { ... }
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pile n { ... }
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lpile n { ... }
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rpile n { ... }
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cpile n { ... } (set vertical spacing between rows to N)
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Grohtml
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-------
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o This device driver has been raised to beta stage; its set of tags should
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be stable now.
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o New command line option `-s' to set the base point size.
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o New command line option `-S' to set the split level while generating
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multiple files.
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Grotty
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------
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o Experimental support for zero-width and double-width characters.
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Gxditview
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---------
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o On platforms which have the X Window System this program is now built and
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installed automatically.
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Xtotroff
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--------
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o This program to create font definition files for xditview isn't new but
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hasn't been installed previously.
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Groffer
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-------
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o A security problem (reported as CAN-2004-0969) has been fixed.
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Gdiffmk
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-------
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o A new script contributed by Mike Bianchi. It compares two groff, nroff,
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or troff documents and creates an output with added margin characters
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(using `.mc') to indicate the differences.
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Pdfroff
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-------
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o A new wrapper script contributed by Keith Marshall to easily create PDF
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documents with groff.
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Macro packages
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--------------
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o ms.tmac
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. Support for fractional point sizes: A value for the `PS', `VS', `FPS',
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and `VPS' register larger than or equal to 1000 is always divided by
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1000. For example, `.nr PS 10250' sets the document's font size to
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10.25 points.
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. The `Ds' and `De' macros provided in ms since groff version 1.19 have
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been removed; the equivalent `DS' and `DE' macros should be used
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instead. X11 documents which actually use `Ds' and `De' always load a
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specific macro file from the X11 distribution (`macros.t') which
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provides proper definitions for the two macros.
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. The following registers have been added for improving layout control:
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PORPHANS
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Defines number of lines following `LP', `PP', `QP', `IP' or `XP' which
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must be kept together, before any automatic page break.
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HORPHANS
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Sets number of lines of following paragraph which must be kept with a
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heading, defined by `NH' or `SH', before any automatic page break.
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GROWPS
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Sets the first level of heading (set with `NH') which will keep the
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same point size as body text.
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PSINCR
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Sets the point size increment for each level of heading (set with
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`NH'), below the threshold level set by `GROWPS'; e.g., if
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\n[PS] = 10, \n[GROWPS] = 3 and \n[PSINCR] = 2.0p, then `.NH 1' will
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produce 14pt headings, `.NH 2' will produce 12pt, and all other levels
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will remain at 10pt (because \n[PS] = 10).
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. The `SH' macro now accepts a numeric argument, to make heading size
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match that of `NH' with same argument value when the `GROWPS'/`PSINCR'
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feature is enabled.
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Please refer to the documentation of the ms package for other, minor
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improvements.
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o me.tmac
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The section type set with the `++' request is available in the `_M'
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register. This isn't new but hasn't been documented before.
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o www.tmac
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The `HR' macro no longer causes an empty line for non-HTML devices.
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A new macro `HEAD' has been added to directly add data to the
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<head>...</head> block.
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New macros `OLS' and `OLE' to start and end an ordered list.
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New macros `DLS' and `DLE' to start and end a definition list.
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Pdfmark
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-------
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o A new macro package contributed by Keith Marshall which implements PDF
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marks. This is in alpha stage currently.
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Miscellaneous
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-------------
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o Two new keywords to the DESC file have been added which are needed for
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grohtml: `image_generator' and `unscaled_charwidths'. The former gives
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the name of the program which creates PNG images, and the latter makes
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troff always use unscaled character widths.
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VERSION 1.19.1
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==============
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Groff
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-----
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o The argument of the command line option `-I' is now also passed to troff
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and grops, specifying a directory to search for files on the command line,
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files named in `so' and `psbb' requests, and files named in \X'ps: file'
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and \X'ps: import' escapes.
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o If option `-V' is used more than once, the commands will be both printed
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on standard error and run.
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Troff
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-----
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o Two new read-only, string-valued registers `.m' and `.M' return the
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name of the current drawing and background color, respectively.
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o New read-only register `.U' which is set to 1 if in safer mode and set
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to 0 if in unsafe mode.
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o An input encoding file for latin-5 (a.k.a. ISO 8859-9) has been added.
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Example use:
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groff -Tdvi -mlatin5 my_file > my_file.dvi
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Note that some output devices don't support all glyphs of this encoding.
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o If the `return' request is called with an argument, it exits twice,
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namely the current macro and the macro one level higher. This is
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used to define a wrapper macro for `return' in trace.tmac.
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o For completeness, two new requests have been added: `dei1' and `ami1'.
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They are equivalent to `dei' and `ami', respectively, but the macros
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are executed with compatibility mode off (similar to `de1' and `am1').
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o New command line option `-I' to specify a directory for files (both
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those on the command line and those named in `psbb' requests). This is
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also handled by the groff wrapper program.
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o Since version 1.19 you can say `.vs 0'. Older versions emit a warning
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and convert this to `.vs \n[.V]'.
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This hasn't been documented properly. Note that `.vs 0' isn't saved in a
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diversion since it doesn't result in vertical motion.
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Pic
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___
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o Dashed and dotted ellipses have been implemented.
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Tbl
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---
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o New key character `x' to make tbl call a user-defined macro on a table
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cell. Patch by Heinz-J<>rgen Oertel <hj.oertel@surfeu.de>.
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Grap2graph
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----------
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o A new script contributed by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>. It
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converts a grap diagram into a cropped image. Since it uses gs and the
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PNM library, virtually all graphics formats are available for output.
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[Note that the grap program itself isn't part of the groff package;
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see the file MORE.STUFF how to obtain grap.]
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Grohtml
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-------
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o New option `-j' to emit output splitted into multiple files.
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Grops
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-----
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o New command line option `-I' to specify a directory to search for files
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on the command line and files named in \X'ps: import' and \X'ps: file'
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escapes. This is also handled by the groff wrapper program.
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o The default value for the `broken' keyword in the DESC file is now 0.
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Grolj4
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------
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o A new man page `lj4_font(5)' documents how fonts are accessed with
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grolj4.
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o The built-in fonts for LJ4 and newer PCL 5 devices have been completely
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revised, mainly to access as much glyphs as possible. The provided
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metric files should be compatible with recent PCL 5 printers also.
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Additionally, font description files have been added for the Arial and
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Times New Roman family, the MS symbol, and Wingdings fonts.
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Afmtodit
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--------
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o New option `-x' to prevent use of built-in Adobe Glyph List.
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Hpftodit
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--------
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o Completely revised to handle HP TrueType metric files also. See the
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hpftodit manual page for more details.
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Groffer
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-------
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o This version is a rewrite of groffer in many parts, but it is kept in
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the old single script style.
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New options: --text, --mode text, --tty-viewer, --X, --mode X,
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--X-viewer, --html, --mode html, --html-view, --apropos-data,
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--apropos-devel, --apropos-progs.
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New documentation file: README_SH.
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Enhancement of the configuration files and the `apropos' handling.
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Macro Packages
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--------------
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o www.tmac: New macro `JOBNAME' to split output into multiple files.
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o In mdoc, multiple calls to `.Lb' are now supported in the LIBRARY
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section.
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VERSION 1.19
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============
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Troff
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-----
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o Input encoding files for latin-9 (a.k.a. latin-0 and ISO 8859-15) and
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latin-2 (ISO 8859-2) have been added. Example use:
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groff -Tdvi -mlatin9 my_file > my_file.dvi
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You still need proper fonts with the necessary glyphs. Out of the box,
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the groff package supports latin-9 only for -Tps, -Tdvi, and -Tutf8,
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and latin-2 only for -Tdvi and -Tutf8.
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o Composite glyphs are now supported. To do this, a subset of the Adobe
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Glyph List (AGL) Algorithm as described in
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http://partners.adobe.com/asn/tech/type/unicodegn.jsp
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is used to construct glyph names based on Unicode character codes. The
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existing groff glyph names are frozen; no glyph names which can't be
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constructed algorithmically will be added in the future.
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The \[...] escape sequence has been extended to specify multiple glyph
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components. Example:
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\[A ho]
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this accesses a glyph with the name `u0041_0328'.
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Some groff glyphs which are useful as composites map to `wrong' Unicode
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code points. For example, `ho' maps to U+02DB which is a spacing
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ogonek, whereas a non-spacing ogonek U+0328 is needed for composite
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glyphs. The new request
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.composite from to
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will change the mapping while a composite glyph name is constructed.
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To make \[A ho] yield the expected result,
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.composite ho u0328
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is needed. [The new file `composite.tmac' loaded at start-up already
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contains proper calls to `.composite'.]
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Please refer to the info pages of groff and to the groff_char man page
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for more details.
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o A new request `fschar' has been added to define font-specific fallback
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characters. They are searched after the list of fonts declared with the
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`fspecial' request but before the list of fonts declared with `special'.
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o Fallback characters defined with `fschar' can be removed with the
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new `rfschar' request.
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o A new request `schar' has been added to define global fallback
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characters. They are searched after the list of fonts declared with the
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`special' request but before the already mounted special fonts.
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o In groff versions 1.18 and 1.18.1, \D'f ...' didn't move the current
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point horizontally. Despite of being silly, this change has been
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reverted for backwards compatibility. Consequently, the intermediate
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output command `Df' also moves the position horizontally again.
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\D'f ...' is deprecated since it depends on the horizontal resolution of
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the output device (given with the `hor' parameter in the DESC file).
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Use the new \D'Fg ...' escape instead.
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o For orthogonality, new \D subcommands to change the fill color are
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available:
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\D'Fr ...' (rgb)
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\D'Fc ...' (cmy)
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\D'Fg ...' (gray)
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\D'Fk ...' (cmyk)
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\D'Fd' (default color)
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The arguments are the same as with the `defcolor' request. The current
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position is *not* changed.
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o The values set with \H and \S are now available in number registers
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\n[.height] and \n[.slant], respectively.
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o The `.pe' number register isn't new but hasn't been documented before.
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It is set to 1 during a page ejection caused by the `bp' request.
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o The new glyph symbol `tno' is a textual variant of `no'.
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o The new glyph symbol `+e' represents U+03F5, GREEK LUNATE EPSILON SYMBOL.
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(Well, it is not really new since it has been previously supported by
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grolj4.) The mapping for both the dvi and lj4 symbol font has been
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changed accordingly so that Greek small letter epsilon, `*e', has the
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same glyph shape as with other devices.
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Grops
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-----
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o The font `freeeuro.pfa' has been added to provide various default glyph
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shapes for `eu' and `Eu'.
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o It is now possible to access all glyphs in a Type 1 font, not only 256
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(provided the font file created by afmtodit has proper entries). grops
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constructs additional encoding vectors on the fly if necessary.
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o The paper size is now emitted via the %%DocumentMedia and PageSize
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mechanisms so that it is no longer required to tell `gv' or `ps2pdf'
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about the paper size. The `broken' flag value 16 omits this feature
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(the used PostScript command `setpagedevice' is a LanguageLevel 2
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extension) -- if you intend to further process grops output to get an
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encapsulated PS (EPS) file you must also use this option.
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Patch by Egil Kvaleberg <egil@kvaleberg.no>.
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o Non-slanted PostScript metrics have been changed again; they no longer
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contain negative left italic correction values. This assures correct
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spacing with eqn.
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Grodvi
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------
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o The font cmtex10 has been added as the special font `SC' to the DVI fonts.
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It is used as a font-specific special font for CW and CWI.
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o New options -l and -p to set landscape orientation and the paper size.
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grodvi now emits a `papersize' special which is understood by DVI drivers
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like dvips.
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Consequently, the DESC file should contain a `papersize' keyword.
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o The glyph shapes for \[*f] and \[*e] have been exchanged with \[+f] and
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\[+e], respectively, to be in sync with all other devices.
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o Glyphs \[HE] and \[DI] have been replaced with \[u2662] and \[u2661],
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respectively, since the former two glyphs have a black (filled) shape
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which grodvi doesn't provide by default (it never has actually).
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Grolj4
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------
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o The glyphs \[*e] and \[+e] have been exchanged to be in sync with
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all other devices.
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o The glyph \[~=] is now called \[|=]. Similar to other devices, \[~=]
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is now another name for glyph \[~~].
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Grotty
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------
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o New option `-r'. It is similar to the -i option except it tells grotty to
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use the `reverse video' attribute to render italic fonts.
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Pic
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---
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o New command `figname' to set the name of a picture's output box in TeX
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mode.
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Refer
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-----
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o The environment variable `REFER' to override the name of the default
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database isn't new but hasn't been documented before.
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Soelim
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------
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o New option `-r' to avoid emission of `.lf' lines.
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o New option `-t' to emit TeX comment lines (giving current file and the
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line number) instead of `.lf' lines.
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Afmtodit
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--------
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o Unencoded glyphs in an AFM file are output also (since grops can now emit
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multiple encoding vectors for a single font).
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o New option `-m' to prevent negative left italic correction values.
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o The mapping and encoding file together with file `DESC' are now searched
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in the default font directory also. Please refer to the man page of
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afmtodit for more details.
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Macro Packages
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--------------
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o Larry Kollar <kollar@alltel.net> and others made the man macros more
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customizable.
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. New command line options -rFT, -rIN, and -rSN to set the vertical
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location of the footer line, the body text indentation, and the
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sub-subheading indentation.
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. New command line option -rHY (similar to the ms macros) to control
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hyphenation.
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. New macros `.PT' and `.BT' to print the header and footer strings.
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They can be replaced with a customized version in `man.local'.
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. The string `HF' now holds the typeface to print headings and
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subheadings.
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. Similar to the ms macros, the LT register now defaults to LL if not
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explicitly specified on the command line.
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o troff's start-up file `troffrc' now includes `papersize.tmac' to set
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the paper size with the command line option `-dpaper=<size>'.
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Possible values for `<size>' are the same as the predefined `papersize'
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values in the DESC file (only lowercase; see the groff_font man page)
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except a7-d7. An appended `l' (ell) character denotes landscape
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orientation. Examples: `a4', `c3l', `letterl'.
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Most output drivers need additional command line switches `-p' and
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`-l' to override the default paper length and orientation as set in
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the driver specific DESC file.
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For example, use the following for PS output on A4 paper in landscape
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orientation:
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groff -Tps -dpaper=a4l -P-pa4 -P-l -ms foo.ms > foo.ps
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VERSION 1.18.1
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==============
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Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o The non-slanted PostScript font definition files have been regenerated to
|
||
include left and right italic correction values. Applying those to a
|
||
glyph (this is, prepending the glyph with `\,' and appending `\/' to the
|
||
glyph) sets the glyph width to the real value given by the horizontal
|
||
bounding box values. Without those escapes, the advance width for the
|
||
particular glyph is used (which can differ considerably).
|
||
|
||
Most users will neither need this feature nor notice a difference in
|
||
existing documents (provided \, and \/ is used as advertised, namely for
|
||
italic fonts only); its main goal is to improve image generation with
|
||
grohtml.
|
||
|
||
This is an experimental change, and feedback is welcome.
|
||
|
||
Tbl
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
o Added global option `nospaces' to ignore leading and trailing spaces in
|
||
data items.
|
||
|
||
Grolbp
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
o The option -w (--linewidth) has been added (similar to other device
|
||
drivers) to set the default line width.
|
||
|
||
Grn
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
o Support for b-spline and Bezier curves has been added.
|
||
|
||
Groffer
|
||
-------
|
||
|
||
o New option `--shell' to select the shell under which groffer shall run.
|
||
|
||
Macro Packages
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
o The string `Am' (producing an ampersand) has been added to mdoc for
|
||
compatibility with NetBSD.
|
||
|
||
o `.IX' is now deprecated for mom; you should use `.IQ' (Indent Quit)
|
||
instead.
|
||
|
||
o In mom, new inlines `FWD', `BCK', `UP', and `DOWN' deal with horizontal
|
||
and vertical movements; please refer to contrib/mom/NEWS for more
|
||
details.
|
||
|
||
o New macro ENDNOTES_HDRFTR_CENTER for mom to better control headers.
|
||
|
||
Miscellaneous
|
||
-------------
|
||
|
||
o The `papersize' keyword in the DESC file now accepts multiple arguments.
|
||
It is scanned from left to the right, and the first valid argument is
|
||
used. This makes it possible to provide a fallback paper size.
|
||
|
||
Example:
|
||
|
||
papersize /etc/papersize a4
|
||
|
||
o A local font directory has been prepended to the default font path; it
|
||
defaults to /usr/local/share/groff/site-font. Similar to the normal
|
||
font searching process, files must be placed into a devXXX subdirectory,
|
||
e.g.
|
||
|
||
/usr/local/share/groff/site-font/devps/FOO
|
||
|
||
for a PostScript font definition file FOO.
|
||
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.18
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
***************************************************************************
|
||
* *
|
||
* PLEASE READ THE CHANGES BELOW REGARDING GROTTY, GROFF'S TTY FRONTEND. *
|
||
* *
|
||
***************************************************************************
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o Color support has been added to troff and pic (and to the device drivers
|
||
grops, grodvi, grotty, and grohtml -- other preprocessors and drivers will
|
||
follow). A new function `defcolor' defines colors; the escape sequence
|
||
`\m' sets the drawing color, the escape sequence `\M' specifies the
|
||
background color for closed objects created with \D'...' commands.
|
||
`\m[]' and `\M[]' switch back to the previous color. `\m' and `\M'
|
||
correspond to the new troff output command sets starting with `m' and
|
||
`DF'. The device-specific default color is called `default' and can't be
|
||
redefined.
|
||
|
||
Use the `color' request to toggle the usage of colors (default is on); the
|
||
read-only register `.color' is 0 if colors are not active, and non-zero
|
||
otherwise.
|
||
|
||
The old `Df' output command is mapped onto `DFg'; all color output
|
||
commands don't change the current font position (consequently, `Df'
|
||
doesn't either).
|
||
|
||
Outputting color can be disabled in troff and groff with the option -c
|
||
(it is always disabled in compatibility mode). See the section on grotty
|
||
for the GROFF_NO_SGR environment variable also.
|
||
|
||
For defining color components as fractions between 0 and 1, a new scaling
|
||
indicator `f' has been introduced: 1f = 65536u. For testing whether a
|
||
color is defined (with .if and .ie), a new conditional operator `m' is
|
||
available.
|
||
|
||
More details can be found in the groff_diff.7 manual page and in
|
||
groff.texinfo.
|
||
|
||
o Similar to \m and \M, \f[] switches back to the previous font. \fP
|
||
(and \f[P]) is still valid for backwards compatibility.
|
||
|
||
o The new escape \F is the same as `.fam'; \F[] switches back to previous
|
||
family -- \F[P] selects family `P'.
|
||
|
||
o Two new glyph symbols are available: `eu' is the official Euro symbol;
|
||
`Eu' is a font-specific glyph variant.
|
||
|
||
o The new glyph symbols `t+-', `tdi', and `tmu' are textual variants of
|
||
`+-', `di', and `mu', respectively.
|
||
|
||
o Latin-1 character 181 (PS name `mu', Unicode name U+00B5 MICRO SIGN) has
|
||
got the troff glyph name `mc'.
|
||
|
||
o -Tutf8 is now available on EBCDIC hosts.
|
||
|
||
o Strings can take arguments, using this syntax: \*[foo arg1 arg2 ...].
|
||
Example:
|
||
|
||
.ds xxx This is a \\$1 test.
|
||
\*[xxx nice]
|
||
|
||
o It is now possible to have whitespace between the first and second dot (or
|
||
the name of the ending macro) to end a macro definition. Example:
|
||
|
||
.de !
|
||
..
|
||
.
|
||
.de foo
|
||
. nop Hello, I'm `foo'.
|
||
. nop I will now define `bar'.
|
||
. de bar !
|
||
. nop Hello, I'm `bar'.
|
||
. !
|
||
..
|
||
|
||
o `.fn' is a new string-valued register which returns the (internal) real
|
||
font name; styles and families are properly concatenated.
|
||
|
||
o Three new read/write registers `seconds', `minutes', and `hours' contain
|
||
the current time, set at start-up of troff. Use the `af' request to
|
||
control their output format.
|
||
|
||
o The new request `fchar' can be used to provide fallback characters. It
|
||
has the same syntax as the `char' request; the only difference is that a
|
||
character defined with `.char' hides the glyph with the same name in the
|
||
current font, whereas a character defined with `.fchar' is checked only if
|
||
the particular glyph isn't found in the current font. This test happens
|
||
before checking special fonts.
|
||
|
||
o In analogy to the `tmc' request, `.writec' is the same as `.write' but
|
||
doesn't emit a final newline.
|
||
|
||
o The new request `itc' is a variant of `.it' for which a line interrupted
|
||
with \c counts as one input line.
|
||
|
||
o Two new requests `ds1' and `as1' which are similar to `ds' and `as' but
|
||
with compatibility mode disabled during expansion of strings defined by
|
||
them.
|
||
|
||
o The syntax of the `substring' request has been changed: The first
|
||
character in a string now has index 0, the last character has index -1.
|
||
Note that this is an incompatible change.
|
||
|
||
o To emit strings directly to the intermediate output, a new `output'
|
||
request has been added; it is similar to `\!' used at the top level.
|
||
|
||
o `.hpf' has been extended. It can now handle most TeX hyphenation
|
||
pattern files without modification. To do that, the commands \patterns,
|
||
\hyphenation, and \endinput are recognized. Please refer to groff_diff.7
|
||
for more information.
|
||
|
||
o `hpfcode' is a new request to provide an input encoding mapping for the
|
||
`hpf' request.
|
||
|
||
o The new request `hpfa' appends hyphenation patterns (`hpf' replaces
|
||
already existing patterns).
|
||
|
||
o A new request `ami' (append macro indirect) has been added. The first and
|
||
second parameter of `ami' are taken from string registers rather than
|
||
directly; this very special request is needed to make `trace.tmac'
|
||
independent from the escape character (which might even be disabled).
|
||
|
||
o The new request `sizes' is similar to the `sizes' command in DESC files.
|
||
It expects the same syntax; the data must be on a single line, and the
|
||
final `0' can be omitted.
|
||
|
||
o `trin' (translate input) is a new request which is similar to `tr' with
|
||
the exception that the `asciify' request will use the character code (if
|
||
any) before the character translation. Example:
|
||
|
||
.trin ax
|
||
.di xxx
|
||
a
|
||
.br
|
||
.di
|
||
.xxx
|
||
.trin aa
|
||
.asciify xxx
|
||
.xxx
|
||
|
||
The result is `x a'. Using `tr', the result would be `x x'.
|
||
|
||
o The request `pvs' isn't new, but hasn't been documented before. It
|
||
adds vertical space after a line has been output. This makes it an
|
||
alternative to the `ls' request to produce double-spaced documents.
|
||
The read-only register `.pvs' holds the current amount of the
|
||
post-vertical line space.
|
||
|
||
o For compatibility with plan 9's troff, multiple `pi' requests are
|
||
supported:
|
||
|
||
.pi foo
|
||
.pi bar
|
||
|
||
is now equivalent to
|
||
|
||
.pi foo | bar
|
||
|
||
o A new escape sequence `\O' is available to disable and enable glyph
|
||
output. Please see groff_diff.7 and groff.texinfo for more details.
|
||
|
||
o The escapes `\%', `\&', `\)', and `\:' no longer cause an error in \X;
|
||
they are ignored now. Additionally `\ ' and `\~' are converted to
|
||
single space characters.
|
||
|
||
o The default tab distance in nroff mode is now 0.8i to be compatible
|
||
with UNIX troff.
|
||
|
||
o Using the latin-1 input character 0xAD (soft hyphen) for the `shc'
|
||
request was a bad idea. Instead, it is now translated to `\%', and
|
||
the default hyphenation character is again \[hy]. Note that the glyph
|
||
\[shc] is not useful for typographic purposes; it only exists to have
|
||
glyph names for all latin-1 characters.
|
||
|
||
Macro Packages
|
||
--------------
|
||
|
||
o Peter Schaffter <df191@ncf.ca> has contributed a new major macro package
|
||
called `mom', mainly for non-scientific writers, which takes care of
|
||
many typographic issues. It comes with a complete reference (in HTML
|
||
format) and some examples. `mom' has been designed to format documents
|
||
for PostScript output only.
|
||
|
||
o Two macros `AT' (AT&T) and `UC' (Univ. of California) have been added to
|
||
the man macros for compatibility with older BSD releases.
|
||
|
||
o Both the man and mdoc macro packages now use the LL and LT registers for
|
||
setting the line and title length, respectively (similar to those
|
||
registers in the ms macro package). If not set on the command line or
|
||
in a macro file loaded before the macro package itself, they default to
|
||
78n in nroff mode and 6.5i in troff mode.
|
||
|
||
o The `-xwidth' specifier in the mdoc macro package has been removed. Its
|
||
functionality is now integrated directly into `-width'. Similarly,
|
||
`-column' has been extended to provide this functionality also.
|
||
|
||
o A new macro `Ex' has been added to the mdoc macro package to document an
|
||
exit status.
|
||
|
||
o The PSPIC macro has been extended to work with DVI output (`pspic.tmac' is
|
||
now automatically loaded for -Tdvi), using a dvips special to load the EPS
|
||
file.
|
||
|
||
o The trace.tmac package now traces calls to `am' also. Additionally, it
|
||
works in compatibility mode.
|
||
|
||
o `troff.1' has been split. Differences to UNIX troff are now documented
|
||
in the new man page `groff_diff.7'.
|
||
|
||
o `groff_mwww.7' has been renamed to `groff_www.7'. The file mwww.tmac
|
||
has been removed.
|
||
|
||
o `groff_ms.7' has been completely rewritten. It now contains a complete
|
||
reference to the ms macros.
|
||
|
||
o `groff_trace.7' documents the trace macro package.
|
||
|
||
o Changes in www.tmac:
|
||
|
||
Note that HTML support is still in alpha change, so it is rather likely
|
||
that both macro names and macro syntax will change. Some of the macros
|
||
mentioned below aren't really new but haven't been documented properly
|
||
before.
|
||
|
||
The following macros have been renamed:
|
||
|
||
MAILTO -> MTO
|
||
IMAGE -> IMG
|
||
LINE -> HR
|
||
|
||
For consistency, the macros `URL', `FTL', and `MTO' now all have the
|
||
address as the first parameter followed by the description.
|
||
|
||
By default, grohtml generates links to all section headings at the top
|
||
of the document. Use the new `LK' macro to specify a different place.
|
||
|
||
For specifying the background color and a background image, use the
|
||
new macros `BCL' and `BGIMG', respectively.
|
||
|
||
The macro `NHR' has been added; it suppresses the generation of top and
|
||
bottom rules which grohtml emits by default.
|
||
|
||
The new macro `HX' determines the cut-off point for automatic link
|
||
generation to headings.
|
||
|
||
The image position parameter names in `IMG' have been changed to `-L',
|
||
`-R', and `-C'.
|
||
|
||
New macro `PIMG' for inclusion of a PNG image (it will automatically
|
||
convert it into an EPS file if not -Thtml is used).
|
||
|
||
New macro `MPIMG' for putting a PNG image into the left or right margin
|
||
(it will automatically convert it into an EPS file if not
|
||
-Thtml is used).
|
||
|
||
New macros `HnS', `HnE' to start and end a header line block.
|
||
|
||
New macro `DC' to produce dropcap characters.
|
||
|
||
New macro `HTL' to generate an HTML title line only but no H1 heading.
|
||
|
||
New macros `ULS' and `ULE' to start and end an unordered list. The new
|
||
macro `LI' inserts a list item.
|
||
|
||
Groff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o The new command line option `-c' disables color output (which is always
|
||
disabled in compatibility mode).
|
||
|
||
Nroff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o Two new command line options `-c' and `-C'; the former passes `-c' to
|
||
grotty (switching to the old output scheme); the latter passes `-C' to
|
||
groff (enabling compatibility mode).
|
||
|
||
Pic
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
o New keywords `color' (or `colour', `colored', `coloured'), `outline' (or
|
||
`outlined'), and `shaded' are available. `outline' sets the color of the
|
||
outline, `shaded' the fill color, and `color' sets both. Example:
|
||
|
||
circle shaded "green" outline "black" ;
|
||
|
||
Filled arrows always use the outline color for filling.
|
||
|
||
Color support for TeX output is not implemented yet.
|
||
|
||
Pic2graph
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
o A new script contributed by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>. It
|
||
converts a PIC diagram into a cropped image. Since it uses gs and the PNM
|
||
library, virtually all graphics formats are available for output.
|
||
|
||
Eqn2graph
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
o A new script contributed by Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>. It
|
||
converts an EQN diagram into a cropped image. Since it uses gs and the PNM
|
||
library, virtually all graphics formats are available for output.
|
||
|
||
Groffer
|
||
-------
|
||
|
||
o A new script contributed by Bernd Warken <bwarken@mayn.de>. It displays
|
||
groff files and man pages on X and tty, taking care of most parameters
|
||
automatically.
|
||
|
||
Grog
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
o Documents using the mom macro package are recognized.
|
||
|
||
Grops
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o Color support has been added.
|
||
|
||
o A new option `-p' is available to select the output paper size. It has
|
||
the same syntax as the new `papersize' keyword in the DESC file.
|
||
|
||
Grodvi
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
o By default, font sizes are now available in the range 5-10000pt, similar
|
||
to PS fonts. If you want the old behaviour (i.e., font sizes at discrete
|
||
values only), insert the following at the start of your document:
|
||
|
||
.if '\*[.T]'dvi' \
|
||
. sizes 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1095 1200 1400 1440 1600 \
|
||
1728 1800 2000 2074 2200 2400 2488 2800 3600
|
||
|
||
o A new font file HBI (using cmssbxo10; this is slanted sans serif bold
|
||
extended) has been added.
|
||
|
||
o Two font families are now available: `T' and `H'.
|
||
|
||
o EC and TC fonts have been integrated. Use `-mec' (calling the file
|
||
ec.tmac) to switch to them. Those fonts give a much better coverage of
|
||
the symbols defined by groff than the CM fonts.
|
||
|
||
Note that ec.tmac must be called before any language-specific files; it
|
||
doesn't take care of hcode values.
|
||
|
||
o Color support has been added. For drawing commands, colors are translated
|
||
to gray values currently.
|
||
|
||
Grotty
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
o Color support has been added, using the SGR (ISO 6429, sometimes called
|
||
ANSI color) escape sequences.
|
||
|
||
o SGR escape sequences are now used by default for underlining and bold
|
||
printing also, no longer using the backspace character trick. To revert
|
||
to the old behaviour, use the `-c' switch.
|
||
|
||
Note that you have to use the `-R' option of `less' to make SGR escapes
|
||
display correctly. On the other hand, terminal programs and consoles like
|
||
`xterm' which support SGR sequences natively can directly display the
|
||
output of grotty. Consequently, the options `-b', `-B', `-u', and `-U'
|
||
work only in combination with `-c' and are ignored silently otherwise.
|
||
|
||
For the `man' program, it may be necessary to add the `-R' option of
|
||
`less' to the $PAGER environment variable; alternatively, you can use
|
||
`man's `-P' option (or adapt its configuration file accordingly). See
|
||
man(1) for more details.
|
||
|
||
o If the environment variable GROFF_NO_SGR is set, SGR output is disabled,
|
||
reverting to the old behaviour.
|
||
|
||
o A new special \X'tty: sgr n' has been added; if n is non-zero or missing,
|
||
enable SGR output (the default).
|
||
|
||
o If the new option `-i' is used (only in SGR mode), grotty sends escape
|
||
sequences to set the italic font attribute instead of the underline
|
||
attribute for italic fonts. Note that many terminals don't have support
|
||
for this (including xterm).
|
||
|
||
Grohtml
|
||
-------
|
||
|
||
o Color support for glyphs has been added.
|
||
|
||
o New option `-h' to select the style of headings in HTML output.
|
||
|
||
o New option `-b' to set the background colour to white.
|
||
|
||
o New options `-a' and `-g' to control the number of bits for anti-aliasing
|
||
used for text and graphics, respectively. Default value is 4; 0 means
|
||
no anti-aliasing.
|
||
|
||
o groff character/glyph entities now map onto HTML 4 character entities.
|
||
|
||
Grolbp
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
o Valid paper sizes are now specified as with the new `papersize' keyword
|
||
in the DESC file. Specifically, the old custom paper type format
|
||
`custAAAxBBB' is no longer supported.
|
||
|
||
Miscellaneous
|
||
-------------
|
||
|
||
o A new manual page `ditroff.7' is available.
|
||
|
||
o The groff texinfo manual will now be installed, together with a bunch
|
||
of examples.
|
||
|
||
o A new keyword `papersize' has been added to the DESC file format. Its
|
||
argument is either
|
||
|
||
. a predefined paper format (e.g. `A4' or `letter')
|
||
|
||
. a file name pointing to a file which must contain a paper size
|
||
specification in its first line (e.g. `/etc/papersize')
|
||
|
||
. a custom paper size definition like `35c,4i'
|
||
|
||
See groff_font(5) for more details. This keyword only affects the
|
||
physical dimensions of the output medium; grops, grolj4, and grolbp use it
|
||
currently. troff completely ignores it.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.17.2
|
||
==============
|
||
|
||
This is major bug-fixing release which should replace 1.17.1.
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o The `IMAGE' macro in www.tmac has changed: Now the optional 2nd parameter
|
||
gives the horizontal image location (left, centered, or right), and the
|
||
optional 3rd and 4th parameter the image dimensions.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.17.1
|
||
==============
|
||
|
||
This is mainly a bug-fixing release.
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o Two new requests `de1' and `am1' which are similar to `de' and `am' but
|
||
with compatibility mode disabled during expansion of macros defined by
|
||
them.
|
||
|
||
o Added request `brp'. This is the same as `\p'.
|
||
|
||
o Similar to other versions of troff, the `ns' request now works in all
|
||
diversions, not only in the top-level one.
|
||
|
||
o New read-only number register `.ns'. Returns 1 if in no-space mode,
|
||
0 otherwise.
|
||
|
||
Nroff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o Options -p (pic) and -t (tbl) added.
|
||
|
||
o The environment variable GROFF_BIN_PATH is now checked before PATH for
|
||
finding groff.
|
||
|
||
Grohtml
|
||
-------
|
||
|
||
o New option `-D dir' to specify a directory in which all images are placed.
|
||
|
||
o New option `-I stem' to specify an image name stame. If not given,
|
||
`grohtml-XXX' is used (`XXX' is the process ID).
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.17
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Groff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o `-mFOO' now searches first for `FOO.tmac' and then for `tmac.FOO'. The
|
||
old behaviour has been changed to overcome problems with platforms which
|
||
have an 8+3 file name limit, and platforms which have other versions of
|
||
troff installed also. Additionally, all macro files have been renamed
|
||
using the latter scheme to avoid 8+3 name clashes.
|
||
|
||
o The new environment variable GROFF_BIN_PATH is checked for programs groff
|
||
is calling (preprocessors, troff, and output devices) before PATH. If not
|
||
set, it defaults to the directory where the groff binary is located.
|
||
Previously, it was PATH only. The nroff script only uses GROFF_BIN_PATH
|
||
to find the groff binary but passes both the GROFF_BIN_PATH and PATH
|
||
environment variables to groff.
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o The mdoc package has been completely rewritten, using the full power of
|
||
GNU troff to remove limitations of Unix troff (which is no longer
|
||
supported). Most important changes are:
|
||
|
||
. No argument limit
|
||
. Almost all macros are parsed and callable (if it makes sense)
|
||
. `.Lb': prints library names
|
||
. `.Nm <punctuation>' now works as expected; `.Nm "" <punctuation>' has
|
||
been withdrawn
|
||
. Updated `.St' command
|
||
. `.Fx': prints FreeBSD
|
||
. `.Ox': prints OpenBSD
|
||
. `.Bsx': prints BSD/OS
|
||
. `.Brq', `.Bro', `.Brc': brace enclosure macros
|
||
. `.Bd -centered': center lines
|
||
. `.Bl -xwidth <string>': interpret <string> and use the resulting width
|
||
. Support for double-sided printing (-rD1 command line switch)
|
||
. Support for 11pt and 12pt document sizes (-rS11, -rS12 command line
|
||
switches)
|
||
|
||
`groff_mdoc.7' replaces `groff_mdoc.samples.7'; it now completely
|
||
documents the mdoc package.
|
||
|
||
Great care has been taken to assure backwards compatibility. If you
|
||
encounter any abnormal results, please report them to bug-groff@gnu.org.
|
||
|
||
o A new command line option for the `man' macros (similar to the `mdoc'
|
||
package) has been implemented: `-rcR=1' (now the default in nroff mode)
|
||
produces one single, very long page instead of multiple pages. `-rcR=0'
|
||
deactivates it.
|
||
|
||
o The `return' request has been added to return immediately from a macro.
|
||
|
||
o A new request `nop' (no operation) has been added which is similar to
|
||
`if 1'. For example,
|
||
|
||
.if t \{\
|
||
Hallo!
|
||
.\}
|
||
|
||
can now be written as
|
||
|
||
.if t \{\
|
||
. nop Hallo!
|
||
.\}
|
||
|
||
o `box' and `boxa' are two new requests which behave similarly to `di' and
|
||
`da' but don't include a partially filled line (which is restored after
|
||
ending the diversion).
|
||
|
||
o The `asciify' request has been extended to `unformat' space characters
|
||
and some other escape sequences also.
|
||
|
||
`\ ' is no longer unformatted as a space but remains an unpaddable,
|
||
unbreakable space character.
|
||
|
||
o The new `unformat' request is similar to `asciify' but only handles space
|
||
characters and tabs specially if the diversion is reread, retaining font
|
||
information. This makes it possible to reformat diversions; for example
|
||
the following
|
||
|
||
.ll 3i
|
||
.
|
||
a01 a02 a03 a04 a05 a06 a07 a08 a09 a10.
|
||
.
|
||
.box box1
|
||
.ev 1
|
||
.nf
|
||
\f[B]b01 b02 b03 b04 b05 b06 b07 b08 b09 b10.\f[P]
|
||
.br
|
||
.ev
|
||
.box
|
||
.
|
||
c01 c02 c03 c04 c05 c06 c07 c08 c09 c10.
|
||
.
|
||
.unformat box1
|
||
.box1
|
||
|
||
gives
|
||
|
||
a01 a02 a03 a04 a05 a06 a07
|
||
a08 a09 a10. c01 c02 c03 c04
|
||
c05 c06 c07 c08 c09 c10. b01
|
||
b02 b03 b04 b05 b06 b07 b08
|
||
b09 b10.
|
||
|
||
Without the `unformat' request, space characters are converted to word
|
||
space nodes which are no longer stretchable, and the result would be
|
||
|
||
a01 a02 a03 a04 a05 a06 a07
|
||
a08 a09 a10. c01 c02 c03 c04
|
||
c05 c06 c07 c08 c09 c10. b01
|
||
b02 b03 b04 b05 b06 b07 b08
|
||
b09 b10.
|
||
|
||
o The new request `linetabs' controls the `line-tabs' mode. In line-tabs
|
||
mode, tab distances are computed relative to the (current) output line.
|
||
Otherwise they are taken relative to the input line. For example, the
|
||
following
|
||
|
||
.ds x a\t\c
|
||
.ds y b\t\c
|
||
.ds z c
|
||
.ta 1i 3i
|
||
\*x
|
||
\*y
|
||
\*z
|
||
|
||
yields
|
||
|
||
a b c
|
||
|
||
In line-tabs mode, the same code gives
|
||
|
||
a b c
|
||
|
||
The new read-only number register `.linetabs' returns 1 if in line-tabs
|
||
mode, and 0 otherwise.
|
||
|
||
o Two new requests `tm1' and `tmc' have been added to improve writing
|
||
messages to the terminal. `tm1' is similar to `tm' but allows leading
|
||
whitespace. `tmc' is similar to `tm1' but doesn't emit a final newline.
|
||
|
||
o For compatibility with sqtroff, the request `output' has been added.
|
||
The behaviour is similar to `\!' at the top-level, that is, it directly
|
||
inserts its argument into the intermediate output format. The syntax
|
||
is similar to .tm1, allowing leading whitespace.
|
||
|
||
o The new `spreadwarn' request will make troff warn if spaces in an output
|
||
line are widened by a given limit or more.
|
||
|
||
o Use `warnscale' to change the scaling indicator troff will use for
|
||
warning messages.
|
||
|
||
o A new request `dei' (define indirect) has been added. The first and
|
||
second parameter of `dei' are taken from string registers rather than
|
||
directly; this very special request is needed to make `trace.tmac'
|
||
independent from the escape character (which might even be disabled).
|
||
|
||
o It is now possible to save and restore the escape character with two new
|
||
requests `ecs' and `ecr'.
|
||
|
||
o The new escape sequence \B'...' is an analogon to `\A': If the string
|
||
within the delimiters is a valid numeric expression, return character `1',
|
||
and `0' otherwise.
|
||
|
||
o The new escape sequence `\:' inserts a zero-width break point. This is
|
||
similar to `\%' but without a soft hyphen character.
|
||
|
||
o The `tr' request can now map characters onto `\~'.
|
||
|
||
o Calling the `fam' request without an argument switches back to the
|
||
previous font family.
|
||
|
||
o The new read-only register `.int' is set to a positive value if the last
|
||
output line is interrupted (i.e., if the input line contains `\c').
|
||
|
||
o The `writem' request is not new, but hasn't been documented before. This
|
||
is similar to `write' but instead of a string the contents of a given
|
||
macro or string is written to a stream.
|
||
|
||
o The read/write number register `hp' to get/set the current horizontal
|
||
position relative to the input line isn't new but hasn't been documented
|
||
properly before.
|
||
|
||
o `\X' and `\Y' are now transparent for end-of-sentence recognition.
|
||
|
||
o The `cu' request in nroff mode now works as documented (i.e., it
|
||
underlines spaces also).
|
||
|
||
Grog
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
o The grog script now works in non-compatibility mode also (which is the
|
||
default). As usual, use the `-C' option to activate compatibility mode.
|
||
|
||
Grops
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
o A new option `-P' resp. a new environment variable `GROPS_PROLOGUE' has
|
||
been added to select a different prologue file.
|
||
|
||
o The effect of the former `-mpsnew' option to access more Type 1 characters
|
||
is now the default and no longer available. To get the old behaviour
|
||
(i.e., emulation of some glyphs by composition) use `-mpsold'.
|
||
|
||
Miscellaneous
|
||
-------------
|
||
|
||
o For security reasons the following changes have been done:
|
||
|
||
. The tmac.safer file has been replaced with a built-in solution; .open,
|
||
.opena, .pso, .sy, and .pi are completely disabled in safer mode (which
|
||
is the default); to enable these requests the `-U' command line flag
|
||
must be used.
|
||
|
||
. Files specified with the .mso request or given with the `-m' command
|
||
line option, and hyphenation patterns loaded with `.hpf' are no longer
|
||
searched in the current directory by default (besides the usual tmac
|
||
path). Instead, the home directory is used. To add the current
|
||
directory, either use the `-U' or `-M' command line option or set the
|
||
GROFF_TMAC_PATH environment variable to an appropriate value.
|
||
|
||
. troffrc, troffrc-end, and eqnrc are neither searched in the current nor
|
||
in the home directory (even if -U is given). Use -M or GROFF_TMAC_PATH
|
||
to change that.
|
||
|
||
. Similarly, the current directory is no longer part of the font path.
|
||
Use the `-F' command line option or the GROFF_FONT_PATH environment
|
||
variable if you really need the current directory.
|
||
|
||
o groff now installs its data files into /usr/local/share/groff/<version> by
|
||
default, following the GNU standard. Additionally, a local tmac directory
|
||
(by default /usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac) is scanned before the
|
||
standard tmac directory. Wrapper files for system-specific macro packages
|
||
(if necessary) are put into /usr/local/lib/groff/site-tmac; this directory
|
||
is searched before the local tmac directory.
|
||
|
||
o All programs now have option `-v' to show the version number; they exit
|
||
immediately afterwards, following the GNU standards. Additionally,
|
||
`--version' and `--help' have been added, doing the obvious actions.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.16.1
|
||
==============
|
||
|
||
Bug fixes only; no user-visible changes.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.16
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Groff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The anachronism of calling the man macro package with `-man' has been fixed;
|
||
now you can say `-m man' also. The same is true for `ms', `me', `markup',
|
||
`mandoc', and `mdoc'.
|
||
|
||
A new switch `-g' for calling `grn' is available.
|
||
|
||
A new switch `-G' for calling `grap' is available.
|
||
|
||
EBCDIC support for tty devices has been added. On such hosts, IBM code page
|
||
1047 is available with -Tcp1047 instead of -Tascii and -Tlatin1 (and, for
|
||
the moment, -Tutf8). Note that non-tty devices are not yet supported (but
|
||
installed).
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
A new command line option to the `man' macros is available: `-rSxx' (with
|
||
`xx' either 10, 11, or 12) to set the base document font size to `xx'
|
||
points. Additionally, `.SH' now produces larger headings than `.SS'.
|
||
|
||
To solve a problem with the .PSPIC macro which needs the `-U' switch of
|
||
troff to access an external program (psbb), a new request .psbb is now
|
||
available to get the bounding box of a PostScript image file. The values
|
||
(in PostScript units) are returned in the new read-only number registers
|
||
`llx', `lly', `urx', and `ury'. Consequently, .PSPIC has been adapted to
|
||
use the new request, and the psbb program has been removed.
|
||
|
||
A new predefined writable number register, `year', has been added. It
|
||
contains the current year.
|
||
|
||
A new read-only register, `.Y', has been added. It contains the revision
|
||
number of the groff package.
|
||
|
||
`\fP' now behaves as expected in situations like the following where the
|
||
font `foo' is undefined:
|
||
|
||
.B bold text
|
||
normal text \f[foo]bar\fP normal text
|
||
|
||
Previously, the text after \fP appeared as bold.
|
||
|
||
The `substring' request is not new, but hasn't been documented before.
|
||
|
||
The predefined `.T' string register (which holds the current output device)
|
||
is not new, but hasn't been documented before.
|
||
|
||
A new request `length' computes the length of a string and returns it in
|
||
a number register.
|
||
|
||
The macro files `tmac.a4' (for specifying A4 paper format) and `tmac.trace'
|
||
(a debugging aid) are now installed also.
|
||
|
||
A new resource file, `troffrc-end', is now available. It is invoked after
|
||
all user-specified macros. Currently used by the html device to include
|
||
tmac.html; thus no need for users to specify -mhtml anymore.
|
||
|
||
The soft hyphen character now has a glyph name: `shc'.
|
||
|
||
The latin-1 character 173 (PS name `periodcentered') has got the troff glyph
|
||
name `pc' and is no longer intermixed with the symbol character `md' (PS
|
||
name `mathdot').
|
||
|
||
ASCII character 34 (PS name `quotedbl') has got the troff glyph name `dq'
|
||
(which is an alias to character `"').
|
||
|
||
ASCII character 39 (PS name `quoteright') has got the troff glyph name `cq'
|
||
(which is an alias to character "'").
|
||
|
||
Some additions to the font description files have been implemented for
|
||
better support of HTML output:
|
||
|
||
The new format of lines in the `charset' subsection of font description
|
||
files is
|
||
|
||
name metrics type code [entity_name] [-- comment]
|
||
|
||
Currently, only the font description files in devhtml use the optional
|
||
entity_name string to define glyph entities in HTML. Everything after the
|
||
entity_name field is ignored; in case this field isn't used, two hyphen
|
||
characters are now necessary to start a comment.
|
||
|
||
Two new requests are available in DESC files (currently used only with
|
||
grohtml):
|
||
|
||
use_charnames_in_special
|
||
This command indicates that troff should encode named characters
|
||
inside special commands.
|
||
|
||
pass_filenames
|
||
requests that troff tells the driver the source file name being
|
||
processed. This is achieved by another tcommand: `F filename'.
|
||
|
||
Grotty
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org> contributed support for UTF8 output.
|
||
|
||
Grohtml
|
||
-------
|
||
|
||
Added .LINE macro to tmac.arkup.
|
||
|
||
The obsolete `.LINK' macro has been removed.
|
||
|
||
.URL, .FTP, and .MAILTO macros now accept an optional third argument which
|
||
will be immediately appended to the second argument (to be used with
|
||
punctuation, for example).
|
||
|
||
Grodvi
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
The font size 11pt has been changed to 10.95pt (as used in LaTeX 2e).
|
||
|
||
A new font file CWI (using cmitt10; this is typewriter italic) has been
|
||
added.
|
||
|
||
Grolbp
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
A new driver for Canon CAPSL printers (LBP-4 and LBP-8 series laser
|
||
printers). This code has been contributed by Francisco Andres Verdu
|
||
<pandres@dragonet.es>.
|
||
|
||
Grn
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
A new preprocessor to process gremlin pictures. It is based on the
|
||
original Berkeley implementation of grn, written by David Slattengren
|
||
and Barry Roitblat, and has been adapted to groff by Daniel Senderowicz
|
||
<daniel@synchrods.com> and Werner Lemberg <wl@gnu.org>.
|
||
|
||
Pic
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
Added the `srand' command to set the seed for a new sequence of
|
||
pseudo-random numbers to be returned by `rand'.
|
||
|
||
Gxditview
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
Simplified installation: The Imakefile will now be configured (by groff's
|
||
configure script).
|
||
|
||
Documentation
|
||
-------------
|
||
|
||
Three new man pages are available: groff_tmac.5 (documenting how troff macros
|
||
are accessed and where they are found), groff.7 (a short reference of the GNU
|
||
roff language), and roff.7 (a general survey on GNU troff).
|
||
|
||
Miscellaneous
|
||
-------------
|
||
|
||
A partial port to win32 (for use with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0) is now part
|
||
of the distribution. It has been contributed by Blake McBride
|
||
<blake@florida-software.com>.
|
||
|
||
More information about programs, macros, documentation, etc., which is
|
||
related to groff has been collected in the file `MORE.STUFF'.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.13, 1.14, 1.15
|
||
========================
|
||
|
||
Bug fixes only; no user-visible changes.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.12
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Finally, there are new maintainers for groff. Mailing lists and a CVS
|
||
repository are available also. See the file README for details. Not all
|
||
reported bugs could be fixed, so please send mails again if something is
|
||
still not working.
|
||
|
||
Most of the installation problems should have vanished now (most
|
||
notably the $(tmac_wrap) bug).
|
||
|
||
There is now a man page called groff_man.7 which documents the basics of the
|
||
-man macros. It has been originally written by Susan G. Kleinmann
|
||
<sgk@debian.org>.
|
||
|
||
A (still incomplete) groff reference manual in texinfo format originally
|
||
contributed by Trent A. Fisher <trent@gnurd.portland.or.us>.
|
||
|
||
me.man and msafer.man have been renamed to groff_me.man
|
||
resp. groff_msafer.man for consistency.
|
||
|
||
Default strings for macros in doc-common resp. tmac.an no longer contain the
|
||
word `UNIX'.
|
||
|
||
groff should now be Y2k safe (fixes contributed by Paul Eggert
|
||
<eggert@twinsun.com>).
|
||
|
||
Following the GNU standards, groff will now use the prefix `/usr/local/' as
|
||
the default instead of replacing an existent groff binary.
|
||
|
||
groff, troff, nroff, and pic now support the -U flag to activate unsafe
|
||
behaviour (without -msafer); the -S flag for using the -msafer macros is now
|
||
the default.
|
||
|
||
Grohtml
|
||
-------
|
||
|
||
This is a new output device for producing HTML output contributed by Gaius
|
||
Mulley <gaius@glam.ac.uk>. It is still very alpha but has been included
|
||
into the distribution so that a lot of people have a chance to test it. Bug
|
||
reports are highly welcome.
|
||
|
||
Grolj4
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
Duplex printing support has been contributed by Jeffrey Copeland
|
||
<jeff@opennt.com>.
|
||
|
||
Soelim
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
Added -I option for defining include paths (patch contributed by Peter
|
||
Miller <peterm@jna.com.au>).
|
||
|
||
Gxditview
|
||
---------
|
||
|
||
Fallback resources added (patch contributed by Larry Jones
|
||
<larry.jones@sdrc.com>).
|
||
|
||
Will now support 8 gray levels.
|
||
|
||
mm
|
||
--
|
||
|
||
New version 1.32 (contributed by Joergen Haegg <jh@axis.com>).
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.11
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Complete documentation for pic is now in the file doc/pic.ms. It was
|
||
contributed by Eric S. Raymond, <esr@thyrsus.com>, who is emphatically
|
||
*not* volunteering to take over groff as he is way overworked with
|
||
half a dozen other projects.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.10
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
The directory where data files are installed has been changed from
|
||
/usr/local/lib/groff to /usr/local/share/groff to comply with the
|
||
latest GNU coding standards.
|
||
|
||
By default groff programs with Unix equivalents are installed with a
|
||
"g" prefix unless there is an existing (non-groff) troff installation.
|
||
|
||
A new approach is used to make system macro packages available to
|
||
groff. Instead of simply including /usr/lib/tmac in the list of
|
||
directories searched by groff, the installation process creates for
|
||
each system macro package a wrapper macro package in the groff macro
|
||
directory that references the system macro package. The groff macro
|
||
packages are now installed with a leading "g" prefix if there is a
|
||
system version of the same macro package, and otherwise without the
|
||
"g" prefix, with the exception that the groff version of -me which is
|
||
always installed as -me.
|
||
|
||
There is a new device, lj4, for the HP LaserJet 4 (and PCL5
|
||
compatibles).
|
||
|
||
Groff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
groff has a -S option that prevents the use of unsafe features in pic
|
||
and troff. This uses a new -S option of pic and the -msafer macros
|
||
for troff.
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The `blm' request specifies a macro to be invoked when a blank line is
|
||
encountered.
|
||
|
||
Pic
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
A -S (safer) option disables the sh command.
|
||
|
||
Grops
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The -m option enables manual feed.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.09
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
\(rn will now produce a character that has the traditional metrics,
|
||
and will form corners with \(ul and \(br. This means that it will not
|
||
align properly with \(sr. Instead there's a new character
|
||
\[radicalex] which aligns with \(sr; this is used by eqn for doing
|
||
square roots.
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The `pso' request allows you to read from the standard output of a
|
||
command.
|
||
|
||
Grops
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The PSPIC macro has options to allow the horizontal alignment of the
|
||
graphic to be specified.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.08
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The escape sequence \V[xxx] will interpolate the value of the
|
||
environment variable xxx.
|
||
|
||
Tbl
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
The decimalpoint option can be used to specify the character to be
|
||
recognized as the decimal point character in place of the default
|
||
period.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.07
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Groff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The environment variable GROFF_COMMAND_PREFIX can be used to control
|
||
whether groff looks for `gtroff' or `troff' (similarily for the
|
||
preprocessors.)
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
Multilingual hyphenation is supported by new `hpf' and `hla' requests,
|
||
and by a `\n[.hla]' number register. The -H option has been removed.
|
||
Files of hyphenation patterns can have comments.
|
||
|
||
When a font cannot be found, troff gives a warning (of type `font',
|
||
enabled by default) instead of an error.
|
||
|
||
There's a new request `trnt' that's like `tr' except that it doesn't
|
||
apply to text transparently throughput into a diversion with \!.
|
||
|
||
Tbl
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
There is a `nokeep' option which tells tbl not to use diversions to
|
||
try to keep the table on one page.
|
||
|
||
Eqn
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
Setting the parameter `nroff' to a non-zero value causes `ndefine' to
|
||
behave like `define' and `tdefine' to be ignored. This is done by
|
||
eqnrc when the current device is ascii or latin1. There's a `neqn'
|
||
script that just does `eqn -Tascii'.
|
||
|
||
Grotty
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
grotty uses whatever page length was specified using the `pl' request
|
||
rather than using the paperlength command in the DESC file. The
|
||
paperwidth command in the DESC file is also ignored.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.06
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
The programs in groff that have Unix counterparts can now be installed
|
||
without a leading `g' prefix. See the `g' variable in the Makefile.
|
||
|
||
The g?nroff script simulates the nroff command using groff.
|
||
|
||
New special characters \(+h, \(+f, \(+p, \(Fn, \(Bq, \(bq, \(aq, \(lz,
|
||
\(an. See groff_char(7).
|
||
|
||
^L is now a legal input character.
|
||
|
||
Groff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The Xps pseudo-device has disappeared. Instead there is a new -X
|
||
option that tells groff to use gxditview instead of the usual
|
||
postprocessor. (So instead of -TXps, use -XTps or just -X if your
|
||
default device is ps.)
|
||
|
||
The postprocessor to be used for a particular device is now specified
|
||
by a `postpro' command in the DESC file rather than being compiled
|
||
into groff. Similarly the command to be used for printing (with the
|
||
-l option) is now specified by a `print' command in the DESC file.
|
||
|
||
The groff command no longer specifies eqnchar as an input file for
|
||
eqn. Instead eqn automatically loads a file `eqnrc'. The groff
|
||
command no longer passes the -D option to eqn. Instead eqnrc sets the
|
||
draw_lines parameter.
|
||
|
||
The groff command no longer tells troff to load a device-specific
|
||
macro file. This is handled instead by the `troffrc' file, which is
|
||
always loaded by troff.
|
||
|
||
The shell script version of groff has been removed.
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The `rchar' request removes a character definition established with `char'.
|
||
|
||
Compatibility mode is disabled and the escape character is set to `\'
|
||
while a character definition is being processed.
|
||
|
||
The `\#' escape sequence is like `\"' except that the terminating
|
||
newline is ignored.
|
||
|
||
The `shc' request tells troff which character to insert (instead of
|
||
the default \(hy) when a word is hyphenated at a line break.
|
||
|
||
A font name of 0 (zero) in the DESC file will cause no font to be
|
||
mounted on the corresponding font position. This is useful for
|
||
arranging that special fonts are mounted on positions on which users
|
||
are not likely explicitly to mount fonts. All groff devices now avoid
|
||
initially mounting fonts on positions 5-9.
|
||
|
||
The `do' request allows a single request or macro to be interpreted
|
||
with compatibility mode disabled.
|
||
|
||
troff automatically loads a file `troffrc' before any other input file.
|
||
This can be prevented with the -R option. This file is responsible
|
||
for loading the device-specific macros.
|
||
|
||
Pic
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
The -x option has been removed and a -n option has been added. By
|
||
default, pic now assumes that the postprocessor supports groff
|
||
extensions. The -n option tells pic to generate output that works
|
||
with ditroff drivers. The -z option now applies only to TeX mode.
|
||
|
||
The -p option has been removed. Instead if the -n option is not
|
||
specified, pic generates output that uses \X'ps: ...' if the \n(0p
|
||
register is non-zero and tmac.ps sets this register to 1.
|
||
|
||
In places where you could 1st or 5th you can now say `i'th or `i+1'th
|
||
(the quotes are required).
|
||
|
||
Eqn
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
Eqn now automatically reads a file `eqnrc' from the macro directory.
|
||
This performs the same role that the eqnchar files used to. This can
|
||
be prevented by the -R option.
|
||
|
||
Setting the draw_lines parameter to a non-zero value causes lines to
|
||
be drawn using \D rather than \l. The -D option is now obsolete.
|
||
|
||
`uparrow', `downarrow' and `updownarrow' can be used with `left' and
|
||
`right'.
|
||
|
||
The amount of extra space added before and after lines containing
|
||
equations can be controlled using the `body_height' and `body_depth'
|
||
parameters.
|
||
|
||
Grops
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
Font description files have been regenerated from newer AFM files.
|
||
You can get access to the additional characters present in the text
|
||
fonts in newer PostScript printers by using -mpsnew.
|
||
|
||
The default value of the -b option is specified by a `broken' command
|
||
in the DESC file.
|
||
|
||
With the -g option, grops will generate PostScript code that guesses
|
||
the page height. This allows documents to be printed on both letter
|
||
(8.5x11) and A4 paper without change.
|
||
|
||
Grodvi
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
ISO Latin-1 characters are available with -Tdvi. Format groff_char(7)
|
||
with groff -Tdvi for more information.
|
||
|
||
Grotty
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
The -mtty-char macros contain additional character definitions for
|
||
use with grotty.
|
||
|
||
Macros
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
In previous releases the groff -me macros treated the $r and $R number
|
||
registers in a way that was incompatible with the BSD -me macros. The
|
||
reason for this was that the approach used by the BSD -me macros does
|
||
not work with low resolution devices such as -TX75 and -TX100.
|
||
However, this caused problems with existing -me documents. In this
|
||
release, the vertical spacing is controlled by the $v and $V registers
|
||
which have the same meaning as $r and $R in earlier groff releases.
|
||
In addition, if the $r or $R register is set to a value that would be
|
||
correct for for the BSD -me macros and a low resolution device is not
|
||
being used, then an appropriate value for the $v or $V register will
|
||
be derived from the $r or $R register.
|
||
|
||
The groff -me macros work with -C and (I think) with Unix troff.
|
||
|
||
For backward compatibility with BSD -me, the \*{ and \*} strings are
|
||
also available as \*[ and \*]. Of course, \*[ will only be usable
|
||
with -C.
|
||
|
||
The \*T string has been deleted. Use \*(Tm instead.
|
||
|
||
Xditview
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
The `n', Space and Return keys are bound to the Next Page action. The
|
||
`p', BackSpace and Delete keys are bound to the Previous Page action.
|
||
The `q' key is bound to the Quit action.
|
||
|
||
The `r' key is bound to a rerasterize action that reruns groff, and
|
||
redisplays the current page.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.05
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
Pic
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
There is a alternative assignment operator `:=' which interacts
|
||
differently with blocks.
|
||
|
||
There is a new command `command', which allows the values of variables
|
||
to be passed through to troff or TeX.
|
||
|
||
The `print' command now accepts multiple arguments.
|
||
|
||
String comparison expressions (using `==' or `!=') are allowed in more
|
||
contexts.
|
||
|
||
Grotty
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
Horizontal and vertical lines drawn with \D'l ...' will be rendered
|
||
using -, | and + characters. This is intended to give reasonable
|
||
results with boxed tables. It won't work well with pic.
|
||
|
||
Macros
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
The -mdoc macros have been upgraded to the version in the second
|
||
Berkeley networking release. This version is not completely
|
||
compatible with earlier versions; the old version is still available
|
||
as -mdoc.old. The grog script has been enhanced so that it can
|
||
usually determine whether a document requires the old or new versions.
|
||
|
||
With -TX75, -TX100 and -TXps, the PSPIC macro will produce a box
|
||
around where the picture would appear with -Tps.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.04
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
An implementation of the -mm macros is included.
|
||
|
||
The directory in which temporary files are created can be controlled
|
||
by setting the GROFF_TMPDIR or TMPDIR environment variables.
|
||
|
||
Pic
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
Some MS-DOS support (see pic/make-dos-dist).
|
||
|
||
Grops
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
There are two new \X commands (\X'ps: invis' and \X'ps: endinvis')
|
||
which make it possible to have substitute characters that are
|
||
displayed when previewing with -TXps but ignored when printing with
|
||
grops.
|
||
|
||
Xditview
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
Support for scalable fonts.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.03
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
No changes other than bug fixes.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.02
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
There is an implementation of refer and associated programs. groff -R
|
||
preprocesses with grefer; no mechanism is provided for passing
|
||
arguments to grefer because most grefer options have equivalent
|
||
commands which can be included in the file. grog also supports refer.
|
||
|
||
There is an alternative perl implementation of the grog script.
|
||
|
||
The code field in lines in the charset section of font description
|
||
files is now allowed to contain an arbitrary integer (previously it
|
||
was required to lie between 0 and 255). Currently grops and grodvi
|
||
use only the low order 8 bits of the value. Grodvi will use the
|
||
complete value; however, this is unlikely to be useful with
|
||
traditional TeX tools (.tfm files only allow 8 bit character codes.)
|
||
|
||
Left and right double quotes can be obtained with \(lq and \(rq
|
||
respectively.
|
||
|
||
There is a new program called pfbtops which translates PostScript
|
||
fonts in pfb format to ASCII.
|
||
|
||
A slightly modified version of the Berkeley tmac.doc is included.
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
In long escape names the closing ] is now required to be at the same
|
||
input level as the opening [.
|
||
|
||
The \A'S' escape sequence returns 1 or 0 according as S is or is not
|
||
suitable for use as a name.
|
||
|
||
\~ produces an unbreakable space that can be stretched when the line
|
||
is adjusted.
|
||
|
||
The `mso' request is like the `so' request except that it searches for
|
||
the file in the same directories in which tmac.X is searched for when
|
||
the -mX option is given.
|
||
|
||
The escape sequence `\R' is similar to the `nr' request.
|
||
|
||
Eqn
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
A new `special' primitive allows you to add new types of unary
|
||
constructs by writing a troff macro.
|
||
|
||
Pic
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
The implementation no longer uses gperf.
|
||
|
||
Grops
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The compile-time -DBROKEN_SPOOLER option has been replaced by a
|
||
BROKEN_SPOOLER_FLAGS option. This allows more precise control over
|
||
how grops should workaround broken spoolers and previewers. There is
|
||
a new -b option that can change this at run-time.
|
||
|
||
Grops now generates PostScript that complies with version 3.0 of the
|
||
Document Structuring Convention.
|
||
|
||
The resource management component of grops (the part that deals with
|
||
imported documents and downloadable fonts) has been rewritten and now
|
||
supports version 3.0 of the Document Structuring Conventions. The
|
||
%%DocumentFonts comment is no longer supported; you must use the
|
||
%%Document{Needed,Supplied}{Fonts,Resources} comments instead
|
||
(or as well.)
|
||
|
||
tmac.psatk contains some macros that support the mechanism used by the
|
||
Andrew Toolkit for including PostScript graphics in troff documents.
|
||
|
||
Xditview
|
||
--------
|
||
|
||
Parts of xditview have been rewritten so that it can be used with the
|
||
output of gtroff -Tps. groff -TXps will run gtroff -Tps with
|
||
gxditview.
|
||
|
||
There is a new menu entry `Print' which brings up a dialog box for
|
||
specifying a command with which the file being previewed should be
|
||
printed.
|
||
|
||
Xditview now uses imake.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.01
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
The groff command now understands the gtroff `-a' and `-i' options.
|
||
|
||
With the `m' and `n' scale indicators, the scale factor is rounded
|
||
horizontally before being applied. This makes (almost) no difference
|
||
for devices with `hor' equal to 1, but it makes groff with -Tascii or
|
||
-Tlatin1 behave more like nroff in its treatment of these scale
|
||
indicators. Accordingly tmac.tty now calls the `nroff' request so
|
||
that the `n' condition will be true.
|
||
|
||
The device-specific macros (tmac.ps, tmac.dvi, tmac.tty and tmac.X)
|
||
have been made to work at least somewhat with -C. In particular the
|
||
special characters defined by these macros now work with -C.
|
||
|
||
groff -Tdvi -p will now pass pic the -x flag; this will enable filling
|
||
of arrowheads and boxes, provided that your dvi driver supports the
|
||
latest version of the tpic specials.
|
||
|
||
Eqn
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
There is a new `-N' option that tells eqn not to allow newlines in
|
||
delimiters. This allows eqn to recover better from missing closing
|
||
delimiters. The groff command will pass on a `-N' option to eqn.
|
||
|
||
Grops
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
You can now use psfig with grops. See the file ps/psfig.diff. I do
|
||
not recommend using psfig for new documents.
|
||
|
||
The command \X'ps: file F' is similar to \X'ps: exec ...' except that
|
||
the PostScript code is read from the file F instead of being contained
|
||
within the \X command. This was added to support psfig.
|
||
|
||
Grodvi
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
There are font files HB and HI corresponding to cmsssbx10 and cmssi10.
|
||
|
||
Macros
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
The groff -me macros now work with the -C option. As a result, they
|
||
may also work with Unix nroff/troff.
|
||
|
||
In -me, the $r and $R number registers now contain the line spacing as
|
||
a percentage of the pointsize expressed in units (normally about 120).
|
||
The previous definition was useless with low resolution devices such
|
||
as X75 and X100.
|
||
|
||
VERSION 1.00
|
||
============
|
||
|
||
A -ms-like macro-package is now included.
|
||
|
||
The name for the Icelandic lowercase eth character has been changed
|
||
from \(-d to \(Sd.
|
||
|
||
Troff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
There is a new request `nroff', which makes the `n' built-in condition
|
||
true and the `t' built-in condition false; also a new request `troff'
|
||
which undoes the effect of the `nroff' request. This is intended only
|
||
for backward compatibility: it is usually better to test \n(.H or
|
||
\n(.V or to use the `c' built-in condition.
|
||
|
||
The \R escape sequence has been deleted. Use \E instead.
|
||
|
||
There are `break' and `continue' requests for use with the `while'
|
||
request.
|
||
|
||
There is a request `hym' that can ensure that when the current
|
||
adjustment mode is not `b' a line will not be hyphenated if it is no
|
||
more than a given amount short, and a request `hys' that can ensure
|
||
that when the current adjustment mode is `b' a line will not be
|
||
hyphenated if it can be justified by adding no more than a given
|
||
amount of extra space to each word space.
|
||
|
||
There is a request `rj' similar to `ce' that right justifies lines.
|
||
|
||
A warning of type `space' will be given when a call is made to an
|
||
undefined request or macro with a name longer than two characters, and
|
||
the first two characters of the name make a name that is defined.
|
||
This is intended to find places where a space has been omitted been a
|
||
request or macro and its argument. This type of warning is enabled by
|
||
default.
|
||
|
||
Pic
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
A comma is permitted between the arguments to the `reset' command.
|
||
|
||
For use with TeX, there is a new `-c' option that makes gpic treat
|
||
lines beginning with `.' in a way that is more compatible with tpic
|
||
(but ugly).
|
||
|
||
Eqn
|
||
---
|
||
|
||
It is no longer necessary to add `space 0' at the beginning of
|
||
complicated equations inside pictures.
|
||
|
||
`prime' is now treated as an ordinary character, as in Unix eqn. The
|
||
previous behaviour of `prime' as an operator can now be obtained using
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`opprime'.
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||
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Xditview
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||
--------
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||
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||
There are two new devices X75-12 and X100-12 which are the same as X75
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||
and X100 except that they are optimized for documents that use mostly
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||
12 point text.
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||
|
||
VERSION 0.6
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||
===========
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||
|
||
The installation process has been refined to make it easy for you to
|
||
share groff with someone who has the same type of machine as you but
|
||
does not have a C++ compiler. See the end of the INSTALL file for
|
||
details.
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||
|
||
There is a man page for the tfmtodit program which explains how to use
|
||
your own fonts with groff -Tdvi.
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||
|
||
There is a man page for afmtodit which explains how to use your own
|
||
PostScript fonts with groff -Tps.
|
||
|
||
The \N escape sequence is now fully supported. It can now be used to
|
||
access any character in a font by its output code, even if it doesn't
|
||
have a groff name. This is made possible by a convention in the font
|
||
files that a character name of `---' refers to an unnamed character.
|
||
The drivers now all support the `N' command required for this. The font
|
||
description files have been updated to include unnamed characters.
|
||
|
||
The `x' command in font description files has been removed: instead
|
||
any unknown commands are automatically made available to the drivers.
|
||
If you constructed your own font files with an earlier version of
|
||
tfmtodit or afmtodit, you must construct them again using the current
|
||
version.
|
||
|
||
Characters between 0200 and 0237 octal are no longer legal input
|
||
characters. Note that these are not used in ISO 8859.
|
||
|
||
A command called `grog' has been added, similar to the `doctype'
|
||
command described in Kernighan and Pike.
|
||
|
||
Groff
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
The groff command has some new options: -V prints the pipeline
|
||
instead of executing it; -P passes an argument to the postprocessor,
|
||
-L passes an argument to the spooler.
|
||
|
||
There is a C++ implementation of the groff command. This handles some
|
||
things slightly better than the shell script. In particular, it can
|
||
correctly handle arguments containing characters that have a special
|
||
meaning to the shell; it can give an error message when child
|
||
processes other than the last in the pipeline terminate abnormally;
|
||
its exit status can take account of the exit statuses of all its child
|
||
processes; it is a little more efficient; when geqn is used, it
|
||
searches for the eqnchar file in the same way that font metric files
|
||
are searched for, rather than expecting to find it in one particular
|
||
directory.
|
||
|
||
Gtroff
|
||
------
|
||
|
||
There is font translation feature: For example, you can tell gtroff to
|
||
use font `HR' whenever font `H' is requested with the line
|
||
.ftr H HR
|
||
This would be useful for a document that uses `H' to refer to
|
||
Helvetica.
|
||
|
||
There are some new number registers: `.kern' contains the current kern
|
||
mode, `.lg' the current ligature mode, `.x' the major version number,
|
||
`.y' the minor version number, `.ce' the number of lines to be
|
||
centered in the current environment, `.trunc' the amount of vertical
|
||
space truncated by the most recently sprung vertical position trap,
|
||
`.ne' the amount of vertical space needed in the last `ne' request
|
||
that caused a vertical position trap to be sprung.
|
||
|
||
The `cf' request now behaves sensibly in a diversion. If used in a
|
||
diversion, it will now arrange for the file to be copied to the output
|
||
when the diversion is reread.
|
||
|
||
There is a new request `trf' (transparent file) similar to `cf', but
|
||
more like `\!'.
|
||
|
||
There is a new escape sequence `\Y[xxx]', roughly equivalent to
|
||
`\X'\*[xxx]'', except that the contents of string or macro xxx are not
|
||
interpreted, and xxx may contain newlines. This requires an output
|
||
format extension; the drivers have been modified to understand this.
|
||
Grops has also been modified to cope with newlines in the arguments to
|
||
\X commands; grops has a new \X command mdef, which is like def except
|
||
that it has a first argument giving the number of definitions.
|
||
|
||
There is a new warning category `escape' which warns about unknown
|
||
escape sequences.
|
||
|
||
The `fp' request now takes an optional third argument giving the external
|
||
name of the font.
|
||
|
||
The `\_' character is now automatically translated to `\(ul' as in troff.
|
||
|
||
The environment variable `GROFF_HYPHEN' gives the name of the file
|
||
containing the hyphenation patterns.
|
||
|
||
There is a `\C'xxx'' escape sequence equivalent to `\[xxx]'.
|
||
|
||
Characters ", ', ), ], *, \(dg are now initially transparent for the purposes
|
||
of end of sentence recognition.
|
||
|
||
There is an anti-recursion feature in the `char' request, so you can
|
||
say `.char \(bu \s+2\(bu\s-2'.
|
||
|
||
The limit on the number of font positions has been removed.
|
||
Accordingly `\n[.fp]' never returns 0.
|
||
|
||
The restriction on the number of numbered environments has been removed.
|
||
|
||
There is a new escape sequence `\E' that makes it possible to
|
||
guarantee that an escape sequence won't get interpreted in copy-mode.
|
||
The `\R' escape sequence is accordingly now deprecated.
|
||
|
||
Gpic
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
Arguments of the form `X anything X' (in the `copy thru', `sh', `for',
|
||
`if' and `define' constructs) can now be of the form `{ anything }'.
|
||
|
||
If the `linethick' variable is negative (as it now is initially),
|
||
lines will be drawn with a thickness proportional to the current point
|
||
size.
|
||
|
||
The `rand' function now takes no arguments and returns a number between
|
||
0 and 1. The old syntax is still supported.
|
||
|
||
`^' can be used in expressions to indicate exponentiation.
|
||
|
||
In the `for' construct the argument to the by clause can be prefixed
|
||
by `*' to indicate that the increment is multiplicative.
|
||
|
||
A bare expression may be used as an attribute. If the current
|
||
direction is `dir', then an attribute `expr' is equivalent to
|
||
`dir expr'
|
||
|
||
There is a `sprintf' construct that allows numbers to be formatted and used
|
||
wherever a quoted string can be used.
|
||
|
||
The height of a text object without an explicit height attribute is
|
||
the number of text strings associated with the object times the value
|
||
of the `textht' variable.
|
||
|
||
The maximum height and width of a picture is controlled by the
|
||
`maxpswid' and `maxpsht' variables.
|
||
|
||
Gtbl
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
Gtbl can now handle gracefully the situation where the `ce' request
|
||
has been applied to a table.
|
||
|
||
Geqn
|
||
----
|
||
|
||
The `ifdef' primitive has been generalized.
|
||
|
||
A tilde accent can be put underneath a box using `utilde'. This
|
||
defined using a general `uaccent' primitive.
|
||
|
||
Grops
|
||
-----
|
||
|
||
There is a new PostScript font downloading scheme which handles font
|
||
downloading for imported illustrations. Previously, the name of the
|
||
file containing the font was given in the `x download' line in the
|
||
groff font metric file. Now, there is a `download' file which says
|
||
for each PostScript font name which file contains that font. Grops
|
||
can also now handle inter-font dependencies, where one downloadable
|
||
font depends on some other (possibly downloadable) font.
|
||
|
||
The `T' font has been removed. The characters it used to provide are
|
||
now provided by `char' definitions in tmac.ps. TSymbol.ps has also
|
||
been removed, and the tweaks it provided are now provided by `char'
|
||
definitions.
|