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Support for <var class="var">pre</var> +arguments is a GNU extension.<a class="footnote" id="DOCF10" href="groff.html_fot.html#FOOT10"><sup>10</sup></a> +</p> +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eB"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.B</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">text</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">post</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">pre</i></span>]]]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eB'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-B-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Style <var class="var">text</var> in <b class="b">bold</b>, followed by <var class="var">post</var> in the previous +font style without intervening space, and preceded by <var class="var">pre</var> +similarly. Without arguments, <samp class="file">ms</samp> styles subsequent text in bold +until the next paragraphing, heading, or no-argument typeface macro +call. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eR-1"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.R</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">text</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">post</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">pre</i></span>]]]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eR-1'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-R-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>As <code class="code">B</code>, but use the roman style (upright text of normal weight) +instead of bold. Argument recognition is a GNU extension. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eI"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.I</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">text</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">post</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">pre</i></span>]]]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eI'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-I-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>As <code class="code">B</code>, but use an <i class="i">italic</i> or oblique style instead of bold. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eBI"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.BI</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">text</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">post</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">pre</i></span>]]]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eBI'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-BI-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>As <code class="code">B</code>, but use a bold italic or bold oblique style instead of +upright bold. This is a Tenth Edition Research Unix extension. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eCW-1"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.CW</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">text</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">post</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">pre</i></span>]]]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eCW-1'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-CW-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>As <code class="code">B</code>, but use a <code class="t">constant-width</code> (monospaced) roman typeface +instead of bold. This is a Tenth Edition Research Unix extension. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eBX"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.BX</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">text</i></span>]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eBX'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-BX-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Typeset <var class="var">text</var> and draw a box around it. On terminal devices, +reverse video is used instead. If you want <var class="var">text</var> to contain space, +use unbreakable space or horizontal motion escape sequences (<code class="code">\~</code>, +<code class="code">\<kbd class="key">SP</kbd></code>, <code class="code">\^</code>, <code class="code">\|</code>, <code class="code">\0</code> or <code class="code">\h</code>). +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eUL"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.UL</code></strong> <var class="def-var-arguments">[<span class="r"><i class="slanted">text</i></span> [<span class="r"><i class="slanted">post</i></span>]]</var><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eUL'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-UL-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Typeset <var class="var">text</var> with an underline. <var class="var">post</var>, if present, is set +after <var class="var">text</var> with no intervening space. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eLG"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.LG</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eLG'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-LG-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Set subsequent text in larger type (two points larger than the +current size) until the next type size, paragraphing, or heading macro +call. You can specify this macro multiple times to enlarge the type +size as needed. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eSM"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.SM</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eSM'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-SM-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Set subsequent text in smaller type (two points smaller than the current +size) until the next type size, paragraphing, or heading macro call. +You can specify this macro multiple times to reduce the type size as +needed. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn first-defmac-alias-first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn defmac-alias-deffn" id="index-_002eNL"><span class="category-def">Macro: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">.NL</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_002eNL'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-NL-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Set subsequent text at the normal type size (the amount in the <code class="code">PS</code> +register). +</p></dd></dl> + +<p><var class="var">pre</var> and <var class="var">post</var> arguments are typically used to simplify the +attachment of punctuation to styled words. When <var class="var">pre</var> is used, +a hyphenation control escape sequence <code class="code">\%</code> that would ordinarily +start <var class="var">text</var> must start <var class="var">pre</var> instead to have the desired +effect. +</p> +<table class="cartouche" border="1"><tr><td> +<div class="example"> +<pre class="example-preformatted">The CS course's students found one C language keyword +.CW static ) \%( +most troublesome. +</pre></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<p>The foregoing example produces output as follows. +</p> +<table class="cartouche" border="1"><tr><td> +<div class="example"> +<pre class="example-preformatted"><span class="r">The CS course’s students found one C language keyword (<code class="t">static</code>) +most troublesome.</span> +</pre></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<p>You can use the output line continuation escape sequence <code class="code">\c</code> to +achieve the same result (see <a class="pxref" href="Line-Continuation.html">Line Continuation</a>). It is also +portable to older <samp class="file">ms</samp> implementations. +</p> +<table class="cartouche" border="1"><tr><td> +<div class="example"> +<pre class="example-preformatted">The CS course's students found one C language keyword +\%(\c +.CW \%static ) +most troublesome. +</pre></div> +</td></tr></table> + +<p><code class="code">groff</code> <samp class="file">ms</samp> also offers strings to begin and end super- and +subscripting. These are GNU extensions. +</p> +<dl class="first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn" id="index-_005c_002a_005b_007b_005d"><span class="category-def">String: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\*[{]</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005c_002a_005b_007b_005d'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_007b-_005bms_005d"></a> +</dd><dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_005c_002a_005b_007d_005d"><span class="category-def">String: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\*[}]</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005c_002a_005b_007d_005d'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_007d-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Begin and end superscripting, respectively. +</p></dd></dl> + +<dl class="first-deffn"> +<dt class="deffn" id="index-_005c_002a_005b_003c_005d"><span class="category-def">String: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\*[<]</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005c_002a_005b_003c_005d'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_003c-_005bms_005d"></a> +</dd><dt class="deffnx def-cmd-deffn" id="index-_005c_002a_005b_003e_005d"><span class="category-def">String: </span><span><strong class="def-name"><code class="t">\*[>]</code></strong><a class="copiable-link" href='#index-_005c_002a_005b_003e_005d'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_003e-_005bms_005d"></a> +<p>Begin and end subscripting, respectively. +</p></dd></dl> + +<p>Rather than calling the <code class="code">CW</code> macro, in <code class="code">groff</code> <samp class="file">ms</samp> you +might prefer to change the font family to Courier by setting the +<code class="code">FAM</code> string to ‘<samp class="samp">C</samp>’. You can then use all four style macros +above, returning to the default family (Times) with ‘<samp class="samp">.ds FAM T</samp>’. +Because changes to <code class="code">FAM</code> take effect only at the next paragraph, +<code class="code">CW</code> remains useful to “inline” a change to the font family, +similarly to the practice of this document in noting syntactical +elements of <samp class="file">ms</samp> and <code class="code">groff</code>. +</p> + +</div> +<hr> +<div class="nav-panel"> +<p> +Next: <a href="Lists-in-ms.html">Lists</a>, Previous: <a href="Headings-in-ms.html">Headings</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> |