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groff
macros not appearing in AT&T troff
The groff -ms
macros have a few minor extensions compared to the
AT&T troff -ms
macros.
Improved accent marks. See ms Strings and Special Characters, for details.
Indented display. The default behavior of AT&T troff
-ms
was to indent; the groff
default prints displays flush left
with the body text.
Print text in constant width
(Courier) font.
Indexing term (printed on standard error). You can write a script to capture and process an index generated in this manner.
The following additional number registers
appear in groff -ms
:
Specifies a minimum space between columns (for multi-column output);
this takes the place of the GW
register that was documented but
apparently not implemented in AT&T troff
.
Several new string registers are available as well. You can change these to handle (for example) the local language. See ms Strings and Special Characters, for details.