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The following drawing shows the dimensions that gtroff
uses for
placing a line of output onto the page. They are labeled with the
request that manipulates each dimension.
-->| in |<-- |<-----------ll------------>| +----+----+----------------------+----+ | : : : | +----+----+----------------------+----+ -->| po |<-- |<--------paper width---------------->|
These dimensions are:
po
Page offset – this is the leftmost position of text on the final output, defining the left margin.
in
Indentation – this is the distance from the left margin where text is printed.
ll
Line length – this is the distance from the left margin to right margin.
A simple demonstration:
.ll 3i This is text without indentation. The line length has been set to 3\~inch. .in +.5i .ll -.5i Now the left and right margins are both increased. .in .ll Calling .in and .ll without parameters restore the previous values.
Result:
This is text without indenta- tion. The line length has been set to 3 inch. Now the left and right margins are both increased. Calling .in and .ll without parameters restore the previ- ous values.
Set horizontal page offset to offset (or increment or decrement the current value by offset). Note that this request does not cause a break, so changing the page offset in the middle of text being filled may not yield the expected result. The initial value is 1i. For TTY output devices, it is set to 0 in the startup file troffrc; the default scaling indicator is ‘m’ (and not ‘v’ as incorrectly documented in the original UNIX troff manual).
The current page offset can be found in the read-only number register ‘.o’.
If po
is called without an argument, the page offset is reset to
the previous value before the last call to po
.
.po 3i \n[.o] ⇒ 720 .po -1i \n[.o] ⇒ 480 .po \n[.o] ⇒ 720
Set indentation to indent (or increment or decrement the current value by indent). This request causes a break. Initially, there is no indentation.
If in
is called without an argument, the indentation is reset to
the previous value before the last call to in
. The default
scaling indicator is ‘m’.
The indentation is associated with the current environment (see Environments).
If a negative indentation value is specified (which is not allowed),
gtroff
emits a warning of type ‘range’ and sets the
indentation to zero.
The effect of in
is delayed until a partially collected line (if
it exists) is output. A temporary indentation value is reset to zero
also.
The current indentation (as set by in
) can be found in the
read-only number register ‘.i’.
Temporarily indent the next output line by offset. If an
increment or decrement value is specified, adjust the temporary
indentation relative to the value set by the in
request.
This request causes a break; its value is associated with the current
environment (see Environments). The default scaling indicator is
‘m’. A call of ti
without an argument is ignored.
If the total indentation value is negative (which is not allowed),
gtroff
emits a warning of type ‘range’ and sets the
temporary indentation to zero. ‘Total indentation’ is either
offset if specified as an absolute value, or the temporary plus
normal indentation, if offset is given as a relative value.
The effect of ti
is delayed until a partially collected line (if
it exists) is output.
The read-only number register .in
is the indentation that applies
to the current output line.
The difference between .i
and .in
is that the latter takes
into account whether a partially collected line still uses the old
indentation value or a temporary indentation value is active.
Set the line length to length (or increment or decrement the
current value by length). Initially, the line length is set to
6.5i. The effect of ll
is delayed until a partially
collected line (if it exists) is output. The default scaling indicator
is ‘m’.
If ll
is called without an argument, the line length is reset to
the previous value before the last call to ll
. If a negative
line length is specified (which is not allowed), gtroff
emits a
warning of type ‘range’ and sets the line length to zero.
The line length is associated with the current environment (see Environments).
The current line length (as set by ll
) can be found in the
read-only number register ‘.l’. The read-only number register
.ll
is the line length that applies to the current output line.
Similar to .i
and .in
, the difference between .l
and .ll
is that the latter takes into account whether a partially
collected line still uses the old line length value.
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