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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-07-29 10:45:42 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2004-07-29 10:45:42 +0000
commit382c68b153ff66423f307f42fa2d928382f8d2dc (patch)
tree170978ae2c4252c190ea5970a01057015295b1b9 /share/doc/usd
parentbba5a1d1af43eac99e0aa037aea342f1c2a0271e (diff)
some updates and corrections;
also, add margin when formatting w/ -Tascii;
Diffstat (limited to 'share/doc/usd')
-rw-r--r--share/doc/usd/19.memacros/intro.me56
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/usd/19.memacros/intro.me b/share/doc/usd/19.memacros/intro.me
index 8832ab881f9..5ce88906127 100644
--- a/share/doc/usd/19.memacros/intro.me
+++ b/share/doc/usd/19.memacros/intro.me
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)intro.me 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
.\"
+.if n \{\
+.po 5n
+.\}
.UC 7
.ll 6.5i
.lt 6.5i
@@ -64,13 +67,13 @@ Berkeley, California 94720
.pp
This document describes
the text processing facilities
-available on the \*U\(dg
+available on the \*U**
.(f
-\(dg\*U is a trademark
+**\*U is a trademark
of AT&T Bell Laboratories
.)f
operating system
-via \*N\(dg and the
+via \*N and the
\-me
macro package.
It is assumed
@@ -89,12 +92,8 @@ of the \-me macro package
are not explained.
For a complete discussion of this
and other issues,
-see
-.ul
-The \-me Reference Manual
-and
-.ul
-The \*N/\*T Reference Manual.
+see /usr/share/doc/usd/20.meref:
+.i "The \-me Reference Manual" .
.pp
\*N, a computer program
that runs on the \*U operating system,
@@ -139,31 +138,26 @@ call the \*N formatter by typing
as a request to the \*U shell:
.(b
nroff \-me \-T\c
-.i "type files"
+.i "type file ..."
.)b
where
.i type
describes the type of terminal
you are outputting to.
Common values are
-.b dtc
-for a DTC 300s
-(daisy-wheel type)
-printer and
-.b lpr
-for the line printer.
+.b ascii
+for console viewing with a pager such as less(1),
+and
+.b ps
+for PostScript previewers and printers.
If the
.b \-T
flag is omitted,
-a
-.q "lowest common denominator"
-terminal is assumed;
-this is good for previewing output
-on most terminals.
+.b ps
+is assumed.
A complete description of options
to the \*N command can be found in
-.ul
-The \*N/\*T Reference Manual.
+the groff(1) manual page.
.pp
The word
.i argument
@@ -437,7 +431,7 @@ sometimes called the
of the output page.
Most of these requests adjust the placing
of
-.q "white space"
+.q "whitespace"
(blank lines or spaces).
In these explanations,
characters in italics
@@ -483,10 +477,10 @@ followed by the line
followed by a single blank line.
.pp
The
-.b .in \ \c
-.i +N
+.b .in\ + \c
+.i N
request
-changes the amount of white space
+changes the amount of whitespace
on the left of the page
(the
.i indent ).
@@ -722,7 +716,7 @@ by the requests
and
.b .)l .
For example,
-type:
+typing:
.(b
Alternatives to avoid deadlock are:
\&.(l
@@ -823,7 +817,7 @@ in fill mode
(for text),
type
.b ".(l\ F"
-(Throughout this section,
+(throughout this section,
comments applied to
.b .(l
also apply to
@@ -989,7 +983,7 @@ are printed at the bottom of the current page.
.i "Delayed text"
is intended to be a variant form
of footnote;
-the text is printed only
+the text is printed only
when explicitly called for,
such as at the end of each chapter.
.i Indexes
@@ -1339,7 +1333,7 @@ for more information.
If
.b .ip
is used
-with no argument at all
+with no argument at all,
no hanging tag will be printed.
For example,
the input: