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diff --git a/doc/groff.html.node/Changing-the-Vertical-Spacing.html b/doc/groff.html.node/Changing-the-Vertical-Spacing.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cca1634 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/groff.html.node/Changing-the-Vertical-Spacing.html @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html> +<!-- Created by GNU Texinfo 7.0.3, https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/ --> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> +<!-- This manual documents GNU troff version 1.23.0. + +Copyright © 1994-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + +Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document +under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no +Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A +copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free +Documentation License". --> +<title>Changing the Vertical Spacing (The GNU Troff Manual)</title> + +<meta name="description" content="Changing the Vertical Spacing (The GNU Troff Manual)"> +<meta name="keywords" content="Changing the Vertical Spacing (The GNU Troff Manual)"> +<meta name="resource-type" content="document"> +<meta name="distribution" content="global"> +<meta name="Generator" content="makeinfo"> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"> + +<link href="index.html" rel="start" title="Top"> +<link href="Request-Index.html" rel="index" title="Request Index"> +<link href="index.html#SEC_Contents" rel="contents" title="Table of Contents"> +<link href="Manipulating-Type-Size-and-Vertical-Spacing.html" rel="up" title="Manipulating Type Size and Vertical Spacing"> +<link href="Using-Fractional-Type-Sizes.html" rel="next" title="Using Fractional Type Sizes"> +<link href="Changing-the-Type-Size.html" rel="prev" title="Changing the Type Size"> +<style type="text/css"> +<!-- +a.copiable-link {visibility: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 0em} +span.r {font-family: initial; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal} +span:hover a.copiable-link {visibility: visible} +strong.def-name {font-family: monospace; font-weight: bold; font-size: larger} +ul.mark-bullet {list-style-type: disc} +--> +</style> + + +</head> + +<body lang="en"> +<div class="subsection-level-extent" id="Changing-the-Vertical-Spacing"> +<div class="nav-panel"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Using-Fractional-Type-Sizes.html" accesskey="n" rel="next">Using Fractional Type Sizes</a>, Previous: <a href="Changing-the-Type-Size.html" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Changing the Type Size</a>, Up: <a href="Manipulating-Type-Size-and-Vertical-Spacing.html" accesskey="u" rel="up">Manipulating Type Size and Vertical Spacing</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Request-Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> +<hr> +<h4 class="subsection" id="Changing-the-Vertical-Spacing-1">5.20.2 Changing the Vertical Spacing</h4> + +<dl class="first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn" id="index-_002evs"><span class="category-def">Request: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.vs</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">space</i></span>]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002evs'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-vs"></a> +</dd><dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_002evs-1"><span class="category-def">Request: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.vs</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments"><code class="t">+</code><span class="r"><i class="slanted">space</i></span></var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002evs-1'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_002evs-2"><span class="category-def">Request: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.vs</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments"><code class="t">-</code><span class="r"><i class="slanted">space</i></span></var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002evs-2'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_005cn_005b_002ev_005d"><span class="category-def">Register: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\n[.v]</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005cn_005b_002ev_005d'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002ev"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-changing-vertical-line-spacing-_0028vs_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-vertical-line-spacing_002c-changing-_0028vs_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-vertical-line-spacing-register-_0028_002ev_0029"></a> +<p>Set the vertical spacing to, or alter it by, <var class="var">space</var>. The default +scaling unit is ‘<samp class="samp">p</samp>’. If <code class="code">vs</code> is called without an argument, +the vertical spacing is reset to the previous value before the last call +to <code class="code">vs</code>. +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002eV-register_002c-and-vs"></a> +GNU <code class="code">troff</code> emits a warning in category ‘<samp class="samp">range</samp>’ if <var class="var">space</var> +is negative; the vertical spacing is then set to the smallest possible +positive value, the vertical motion quantum (as found in the <code class="code">.V</code> +register). +</p> +<p>‘<samp class="samp">.vs 0</samp>’<!-- /@w --> isn’t saved in a diversion since it doesn’t result in +a vertical motion. You must explicitly issue this request before +interpolating the diversion. +</p> +<p>The read-only register <code class="code">.v</code> contains the vertical spacing; it is +associated with the environment (see <a class="pxref" href="Environments.html">Environments</a>). +</p></dd></dl> + +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-vertical-line-spacing_002c-effective-value"></a> +<p>When a break occurs, GNU <code class="code">troff</code> performs the following procedure. +</p> +<ul class="itemize mark-bullet"> +<li><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-extra-pre_002dvertical-line-space-_0028_005cx_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-line-space_002c-extra-pre_002dvertical-_0028_005cx_0029"></a> +Move the drawing position vertically by the <em class="dfn">extra pre-vertical line +space</em>, the minimum of all negative <code class="code">\x</code> escape sequence arguments +in the pending output line. + +</li><li>Move the drawing position vertically by the vertical line spacing. + +</li><li>Write out the pending output line. + +</li><li><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-extra-post_002dvertical-line-space-_0028_005cx_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-line-space_002c-extra-post_002dvertical-_0028_005cx_0029"></a> +Move the drawing position vertically by the <em class="dfn">extra post-vertical line +space</em>, the maximum of all positive <code class="code">\x</code> escape sequence arguments +in the line that has just been output. + +</li><li><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-post_002dvertical-line-spacing"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-line-spacing_002c-post_002dvertical-_0028pvs_0029"></a> +Move the drawing position vertically by the <em class="dfn">post-vertical line +spacing</em> (see below). +</li></ul> + +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-double_002dspacing-_0028vs_002c-pvs_0029"></a> +<p>Prefer <code class="code">vs</code> or <code class="code">pvs</code> over <code class="code">ls</code> to produce double-spaced +documents. <code class="code">vs</code> and <code class="code">pvs</code> have finer granularity than +<code class="code">ls</code>; moreover, some preprocessors assume single spacing. +See <a class="xref" href="Manipulating-Spacing.html">Manipulating Spacing</a>, regarding the <code class="code">\x</code> escape sequence and +the <code class="code">ls</code> request. +</p> +<dl class="first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn" id="index-_002epvs"><span class="category-def">Request: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.pvs</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">space</i></span>]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002epvs'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-pvs"></a> +</dd><dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_002epvs-1"><span class="category-def">Request: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.pvs</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments"><code class="t">+</code><span class="r"><i class="slanted">space</i></span></var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002epvs-1'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_002epvs-2"><span class="category-def">Request: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.pvs</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments"><code class="t">-</code><span class="r"><i class="slanted">space</i></span></var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002epvs-2'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_005cn_005b_002epvs_005d"><span class="category-def">Register: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\n[.pvs]</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005cn_005b_002epvs_005d'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002epvs-3"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-ls-request_002c-alternative-to-_0028pvs_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-post_002dvertical-line-spacing_002c-changing-_0028pvs_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-post_002dvertical-line-spacing-register-_0028_002epvs_0029"></a> +<p>Set the post-vertical spacing to, or alter it by, <var class="var">space</var>. The +default scaling unit is ‘<samp class="samp">p</samp>’. If <code class="code">pvs</code> is called without an +argument, the post-vertical spacing is reset to the previous value +before the last call to <code class="code">pvs</code>. GNU <code class="code">troff</code> emits a warning in +category ‘<samp class="samp">range</samp>’ if <var class="var">space</var> is negative; the post-vertical +spacing is then set to zero. +</p> +<p>The read-only register <code class="code">.pvs</code> contains the post-vertical spacing; +it is associated with the environment (see <a class="pxref" href="Environments.html">Environments</a>). +</p></dd></dl> + + +</div> +<hr> +<div class="nav-panel"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Using-Fractional-Type-Sizes.html">Using Fractional Type Sizes</a>, Previous: <a href="Changing-the-Type-Size.html">Changing the Type Size</a>, Up: <a href="Manipulating-Type-Size-and-Vertical-Spacing.html">Manipulating Type Size and Vertical Spacing</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Request-Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +</div> + + + +</body> +</html> |