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author | Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-19 03:33:24 +0000 |
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committer | Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-05-19 03:33:24 +0000 |
commit | fa3336171c5cd78f4b3e882b87d5adff825311e2 (patch) | |
tree | b2ebdb16dfa958a555efc026304a5f6ff4a8c9fb /share/doc/usd/22.trofftut/tt04 | |
parent | 68e7a217f8019b955f87547f218e95ab237597af (diff) |
Initial checkin: 4.4BSD version. These files need to be updated with
current license information and adapted to the FreeBSD build
environment before they will build.
Approved by: David Taylor <davidt@caldera.com>
Notes
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diff --git a/share/doc/usd/22.trofftut/tt04 b/share/doc/usd/22.trofftut/tt04 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..58a707108a57 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/doc/usd/22.trofftut/tt04 @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ +.\" This module is believed to contain source code proprietary to AT&T. +.\" Use and redistribution is subject to the Berkeley Software License +.\" Agreement and your Software Agreement with AT&T (Western Electric). +.\" +.\" @(#)tt04 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93 +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.NH +Indents and Line Lengths +.PP +.UL troff +starts with a line length of 6.5 inches, +which some people think is too wide for 8\(12\(mu11 paper. +To reset the line length, +use +the +.BD .ll +command, as in +.P1 +^ll 6i +.P2 +As with +.BD .sp , +the actual length can be specified in several ways; +inches are probably the most intuitive. +.PP +The maximum line length provided by the typesetter is 7.5 inches, by the way. +To use the full width, you will have to reset the default physical left margin (``page offset''), +which is normally slightly less than one inch from the left edge +of the paper. +This is done by the +.BD .po +command. +.P1 +^po 0 +.P2 +sets the offset as far to the left as it will go. +.WS +.PP +The indent command +.BD .in +causes the left margin to be indented +by some specified amount from the page offset. +If we use +.BD .in +to move the left margin in, +and +.BD .ll +to move the right margin to the left, +we can +make offset blocks of text: +.P1 +^in 0.3i +^ll \(mi0.3i +text to be set into a block +^ll +0.3i +^in \(mi0.3i +.P2 +will create a block that looks like this: +.P1 +.fi +.ll -0.3i +Pater noster qui est in caelis sanctificetur nomen tuum; +adveniat regnum tuum; fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo, +et in terra. ... +Amen. +.ll +0.3i +.P2 +Notice the use of `+' and `\(mi' +to specify the amount of change. +These change the previous setting by the specified amount, +rather than just overriding it. +The distinction is quite important: +.BD .ll\ +1i +makes lines one inch longer; +.BD .ll\ 1i +makes them one inch +.ul +long. +.PP +With +.BD .in , +.BD .ll +and +.BD .po , +the previous value is used if no argument is specified. +.PP +To indent a single line, use the `temporary indent' +command +.BD .ti . +For example, all paragraphs in this memo +effectively begin with the command +.P1 +^ti 3 +.P2 +Three of what? +The default unit for +.BD .ti , +as for most horizontally oriented commands +.BD .ll , ( +.BD .in , +.BD .po ), +is ems; +an em is roughly the width of the letter `m' +in the current point size. +(Precisely, a em in size +.ul +p +is +.ul +p +points.) +Although inches are usually clearer than ems to people who don't set type +for a living, +ems have a place: +they are a measure of size that is proportional to the current point size. +If you want to make text that keeps its proportions +regardless of point size, +you should use ems for all dimensions. +Ems can be specified as scale factors directly, +as in +.BD .ti\ 2.5m . +.PP +Lines can also be indented negatively +if the indent is already positive: +.P1 +^ti \(mi0.3i +.P2 +causes the next line to be moved back three tenths of an inch. +Thus to make a decorative initial capital, +we indent the whole paragraph, then move the letter `P' back with +a +.BD .ti +command: +.P1 +.ll -0.3i +.fi +.in +.3i +.ti -0.3i +\s36\v'2'P\v'-2'\s0ater noster qui est in caelis sanctificetur +nomen tuum; +adveniat regnum tuum; +'in -.3i +fiat voluntas tua, +sicut in caelo, et in terra. ... +Amen. +.ll +0.3i +.P2 +Of course, there is also some trickery to make the `P' +bigger (just a `\es36P\es0'), +and to move it +down from its normal position +(see the section on local motions). |