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A +copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free +Documentation License". --> +<title>Line Continuation (The GNU Troff Manual)</title> + +<meta name="description" content="Line Continuation (The GNU Troff Manual)"> +<meta name="keywords" content="Line Continuation (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="GNU-troff-Reference.html" rel="up" title="GNU troff Reference"> +<link href="Page-Layout.html" rel="next" title="Page Layout"> +<link href="Line-Layout.html" rel="prev" title="Line Layout"> +<style type="text/css"> +<!-- +a.copiable-link {visibility: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 0em} +div.example {margin-left: 3.2em} +kbd.key {font-style: normal} +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="section-level-extent" id="Line-Continuation"> +<div class="nav-panel"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Page-Layout.html" accesskey="n" rel="next">Page Layout</a>, Previous: <a href="Line-Layout.html" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Line Layout</a>, Up: <a href="GNU-troff-Reference.html" accesskey="u" rel="up">GNU <code class="code">troff</code> Reference</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> +<h3 class="section" id="Line-Continuation-1">5.16 Line Continuation</h3> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-line-control"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-control_002c-line"></a> + +<p>When filling is enabled, input and output line breaks generally do not +correspond. The <code class="code">roff</code> language therefore distinguishes input and +output line continuation. +</p> +<dl class="first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn" id="index-_005cRET-1"><span class="category-def">Escape sequence: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\<kbd class="key">RET</kbd></code><span class="r"><i class="slanted"></i></span><code class="t"></code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005cRET-1'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_005cRET"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-input-line-continuation-_0028_005cRET_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-line_002c-input_002c-continuation-_0028_005cRET_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-continuation_002c-input-line-_0028_005cRET_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_005cnewline"></a> +<p><code class="code">\<kbd class="key">RET</kbd></code> (a backslash immediately followed by a newline) +suppresses the effects of that newline in the input. The next input +line thus retains the classification of its predecessor as a control or +text line. <code class="code">\<kbd class="key">RET</kbd></code> is useful for managing line lengths in the +input during document maintenance; you can break an input line in the +middle of a request invocation, macro call, or escape sequence. Input +line continuation is invisible to the formatter, with two exceptions: +the <code class="code">|</code> operator recognizes the new input line +(see <a class="pxref" href="Numeric-Expressions.html">Numeric Expressions</a>), and the input line counter register +<code class="code">.c</code> is incremented. +</p> +<div class="example"> +<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">.ll 50n +.de I +. ft I +. nop \\$* +. ft +.. +Our film class watched +.I The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon +Marigolds. \" whoops, the input line wrapped +.br +.I My own opus begins on line \n[.c] \ +and ends on line \n[.c]. +</pre></div></div> +<div class="example"> +<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted"> ⇒ Our film class watched <i class="i">The Effect of Gamma Rays on</i> + ⇒ <i class="i">Man-in-the-Moon</i> Marigolds. + ⇒ <i class="i">My own opus begins on line 11 and ends on line 12.</i> +</pre></div></div> +</dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn" id="index-_005cc-1"><span class="category-def">Escape sequence: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\c</code><span class="r"><i class="slanted"></i></span><code class="t"></code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005cc-1'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_005cc"></a> +</dd><dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_005cn_005b_002eint_005d"><span class="category-def">Register: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\n[.int]</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005cn_005b_002eint_005d'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002eint"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-output-line_002c-continuation-_0028_005cc_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-line_002c-output_002c-continuation-_0028_005cc_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-continuation_002c-output-line-_0028_005cc_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-interrupted-line"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-line_002c-interrupted"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_005cR_002c-after-_005cc"></a> +<p><code class="code">\c</code> continues an output line. Nothing after it on the input line +is formatted. In contrast to <code class="code">\<kbd class="key">RET</kbd></code>, a line after <code class="code">\c</code> +remains a new input line, so a control character is recognized at its +beginning. The visual results depend on whether filling is enabled; see +<a class="ref" href="Manipulating-Filling-and-Adjustment.html">Manipulating Filling and Adjustment</a>. +</p> +<ul class="itemize mark-bullet"> +<li><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_005cc_002c-when-filling-enabled"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-fill-mode_002c-and-_005cc"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-mode_002c-fill_002c-and-_005cc"></a> +If filling is enabled, a word interrupted with <code class="code">\c</code> is continued +with the text on the next input text line, without an intervening space. + +<div class="example"> +<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">This is a te\c +st. + ⇒ This is a test. +</pre></div></div> + +</li><li><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_005cc_002c-when-filling-disabled"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-no_002dfill-mode_002c-and-_005cc"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-mode_002c-no_002dfill_002c-and-_005cc"></a> +If filling is disabled, the next input text line after <code class="code">\c</code> is +handled as a continuation of the same input text line. + +<div class="example"> +<div class="group"><pre class="example-preformatted">.nf +This is a \c +test. + ⇒ This is a test. +</pre></div></div> +</li></ul> + +<p>An intervening control line that causes a break overrides <code class="code">\c</code>, +flushing out the pending output line in the usual way. +</p> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-interrupted-line-register-_0028_002eint_0029"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-continued-output-line-register-_0028_002eint_0029"></a> +<p>The <code class="code">.int</code> register contains a positive value if the last output +line was continued with <code class="code">\c</code>; this datum is associated with the +environment (see <a class="pxref" href="Environments.html">Environments</a>).<a class="footnote" id="DOCF69" href="groff.html_fot.html#FOOT69"><sup>69</sup></a> +</p></dd></dl> + + + +</div> +<hr> +<div class="nav-panel"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Page-Layout.html">Page Layout</a>, Previous: <a href="Line-Layout.html">Line Layout</a>, Up: <a href="GNU-troff-Reference.html">GNU <code class="code">troff</code> Reference</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> |