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diff --git a/doc/groff.html.node/Paragraphs-in-ms.html b/doc/groff.html.node/Paragraphs-in-ms.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6c3a28 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/groff.html.node/Paragraphs-in-ms.html @@ -0,0 +1,160 @@ +<!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. 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Several paragraph types are +available, differing in how indentation applies to them: to left, right, +or both margins; to the first output line of the paragraph, all output +lines, or all but the first. All paragraphing macro calls cause the +insertion of vertical space in the amount stored in the <code class="code">PD</code> +register, except at page or column breaks. Alternatively, a blank input +line breaks the output line and vertically spaces by one vee. +</p> +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eLP"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.LP</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eLP'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-LP-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Set a paragraph without any (additional) indentation. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002ePP"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.PP</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002ePP'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-PP-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Set a paragraph with a first-line left indentation in the amount stored +in the <code class="code">PI</code> register. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eIP"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.IP</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">marker</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">width</i></span>]]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eIP'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-IP-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Set a paragraph with a left indentation. The optional <var class="var">marker</var> is +not indented and is empty by default. It has several applications; +see <a class="ref" href="Lists-in-ms.html">Lists</a>. <var class="var">width</var> overrides the indentation amount +stored in the <code class="code">PI</code> register; its default unit is ‘<samp class="samp">n</samp>’. Once +specified, <var class="var">width</var> applies to further <code class="code">IP</code> calls until +specified again or a heading or different paragraphing macro is called. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eQP"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.QP</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eQP'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-QP-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Set a paragraph indented from both left and right margins by the amount +stored in the <code class="code">QI</code> register. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eQS"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.QS</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eQS'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-QS-_005bms_005d"></a> +</dd><dt class="deffnx defmacx-alias-deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_002eQE"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.QE</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eQE'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-QE-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Begin (<code class="code">QS</code>) and end (<code class="code">QE</code>) a region where each paragraph is +indented from both margins by the amount stored in the <code class="code">QI</code> +register. The text between <code class="code">QS</code> and <code class="code">QE</code> can be structured +further by use of other paragraphing macros. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eXP"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.XP</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eXP'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-XP-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Set an “exdented” paragraph—one with a left indentation in the +amount stored in the <code class="code">PI</code> register on every line <em class="emph">except</em> the +first (also known as a hanging indent). This is a Berkeley extension. +</p></dd></dl> + +<p>The following example illustrates the use of paragraphing macros. +</p> +<table class="cartouche" border="1"><tr><td> +<div class="example"> +<pre class="example-preformatted">.NH 2 +Cases used in the 2001 study +.LP +Two software releases were considered for this report. +.PP +The first is commercial software; +the second is free. +.IP \[bu] +Microsoft Word for Windows, +starting with version 1.0 through the current version +(Word 2000). +.IP \[bu] +GNU Emacs, +from its first appearance as a standalone editor through +the current version (v20). +See [Bloggs 2002] for details. +.QP +Franklin's Law applied to software: +software expands to outgrow both RAM and disk space over +time. +.SH +Bibliography +.XP +Bloggs, Joseph R., +.I "Everyone's a Critic" , +Underground Press, March 2002. +A definitive work that answers all questions and +criticisms about the quality and usability of free +software. +</pre></div> +</td></tr></table> + + +</div> +<hr> +<div class="nav-panel"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Headings-in-ms.html">Headings</a>, Previous: <a href="Typographical-symbols-in-ms.html">Typographical symbols</a>, Up: <a href="ms-Body-Text.html">Body Text</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> |