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authorbwarken <bwarken>2013-06-27 16:13:54 +0000
committerbwarken <bwarken>2013-06-27 16:13:54 +0000
commit8e1cae735dec8151b2f1008fdd25a53022a10de9 (patch)
treeefc31af25a0710413ddd70f35e97bee2d773f503
parentabb77872b8a71b7f461022b8dd40f6686e2d44fb (diff)
downloadgroff-8e1cae735dec8151b2f1008fdd25a53022a10de9.tar.gz
Remove *~ files.
-rw-r--r--contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog10
-rw-r--r--contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man116
2 files changed, 85 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog b/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog
index a2b85851..ea42e0c0 100644
--- a/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
2013-06-17 Bernd Warken <groff-bernd.warken-72@web.de>
+ Remove files *~
+
+2013-06-17 Bernd Warken <groff-bernd.warken-72@web.de>
+
+ * groff_filenames.man: Corrections.
+
+2013-06-17 Bernd Warken <groff-bernd.warken-72@web.de>
+
* groff_filenames.man: Extension.
2013-05-14 Bernd Warken <groff-bernd.warken-72@web.de>
@@ -11,7 +19,7 @@
New `groff' project: `RUNOFF', which is the predecessor of `roff'.
- * ChangeLog: New file for thie `contrib' source.
+ * ChangeLog: New file for the `contrib' source.
* Makefile.sub: New `make' file, so far only for 2 man-files.
diff --git a/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man b/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man
index aaf9fe3b..7e0927dc 100644
--- a/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man
+++ b/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ You can also visit
.\" Setup
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
.
-.ds1 Ellipsis "\&.\|.\|.\&\"
+.ds1 Ellipsis "\&.\|.\|.\&"
.
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
.\" Macro definitions
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ You can also visit
.
Since the evolution of
.FONT CI RUNOFF
-inte 1960s and
+in the 1960s and
.FONT CI roff
in the 1970s, a whole bunch of filename extensions for
.FONT CI RUNOFF
@@ -168,7 +168,20 @@ under the operating system
.FONT CR CTSS
in the years 1960\-63.
.
-But there is no documentation for this old text system.
+But there is no open documentation for this old text system, but it
+seems that there is 1 book about it in the non-public library at
+.FONT CB MIT R .
+.
+.
+.P
+The letter
+.FONT CB m
+taken from
+.FONT CI MEMO R / MODIFY
+is still active as the option
+.FONT CB -m
+for declaring a macro package in
+.FONT CB troff R / CB nroff R .
.
.
.P
@@ -186,22 +199,23 @@ see
.
All available
.FONT CI RUNOFF
-files are kept in an archive on
-.FONT CI github R ,
-use the command-line call
+files are now kept in the internet at an archive on
+.FONT CI github R .
+.
+Use the command-line call
.RS
.EX
.FONT CR "$ " CB "git clone git@github.com:RUNOFF/RUNOFF.git"
.EE
.RE
-for getting this archive.
+for getting this archive (without the leading dollar).
.
.
.TP
.FONT I <name> CB .RUNOFF
.TQ
.FONT I <name> CB .runoff
-were the oldest usage for files in the original
+were the oldest naming for files in the original
.FONT CI RUNOFF
format of the 1960s at
.FONT CR "IBM 7090"
@@ -215,7 +229,7 @@ with the operating system
.FONT I <name> CB .RUN
.TQ
.FONT I <name> CB .run
-This abbreviation was used first for
+This abbreviation was used for
.FONT CI RUNOFF
files on the
.FONT CR CTSS
@@ -228,7 +242,7 @@ operating system in the 1960s and later on.
.FONT I <name> CB .RNO
.TQ
.FONT I <name> CB .rno
-used for normal
+was used for normal
.FONT CI RUNOFF
text files, mostly on the
.FONT CR "PDP10\-10 archive" R .
@@ -238,7 +252,7 @@ text files, mostly on the
.FONT I <name> CB .RNH
.TQ
.FONT I <name> CB .rnh
-for help files written in the
+was used for help files written in the
.FONT CI RUNOFF
language on the
.FONT CR "PDP10\-10 archive" R .
@@ -279,30 +293,29 @@ language were processed by the program
.FONT CB RUNOFF R .
.
Only text files were produced by this step, because graphics was not
-supported in the 1960s.
+available in the 1960s.
.
Today we would use the file name extension
.FONT CI * CB .txt R .
.
That was not done in these early times.
.
-Instead the following extensions were used:
+Instead the following extensions were taken:
.
.
.TP
.FONT I <name> CB .DOC
.TQ
.FONT I <name> CB .doc
-Very often these extensions were used for
-.FONT CI RUNOFF
-files that were run by the
+Very often this naming was used for the output of the
.FONT CB RUNOFF
-program and contained
+program.
+.
+It contained
.I filled
and
.I hyphenated
-output on
-.IR "tty mode" .
+text, suitable for tty mode.
.
The extension
.FONT CB .doc
@@ -316,7 +329,9 @@ for their
.FONT I <name> CB .MEM
.TP
.FONT I <name> CB .mem
-This often used extension was taken to refer to the ancient
+This often used extension was taken for
+.FONT CI RUNOFF
+files to refer to the ancient
.FONT CI MEMO
language.
.
@@ -336,7 +351,7 @@ This ends the description of
.
All following parts of this document refer to the
.FONT CI roff
-language and the used extensions thereof.
+language and the used file name extensions thereof.
.
.
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -394,13 +409,17 @@ language.
.
.
.P
-Their usage of extensions should be better documented.
+The extensions for
+.FONT CI man
+should be better documented.
.
-So this is written here.
+So this is documented here.
.
.
.P
-Files written in this text language use the following extension:
+Files written in the
+.FONT CI man
+language use the following extension:
.IB * . <section>[<group>] .
.
.
@@ -473,7 +492,7 @@ but there are still documents in this format.
.FONT I <name> CB .o
.I Deprecated
old
-.IR sections .
+.IR "man\-page sections" .
.
.
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -514,7 +533,7 @@ without a
.
.TP
.FONT CB xargs.1posix.gz
-is the man\-page for
+is the man\-page for the program
.FONT CB xargs
in
.I section
@@ -525,7 +544,8 @@ and
moreover it is
.I compressed
with
-.FONT CB gz R .
+.FONT CB gz
+.FONT R ( CB gzip R ).
.
.
.TP
@@ -541,7 +561,7 @@ with
.
.TP
.FONT CB dpkg-reconfigure.8cdebconf
-man\-page for
+man\-page for the program
.FONT CB dpkg\-reconfigure
in
.I section
@@ -574,7 +594,7 @@ package.
.TP
.FONT I <name> CB .man
.I traditional
-Unix-like man\-page format.
+Unix\-like man\-page format.
.
.
.TP
@@ -584,7 +604,9 @@ additional BSD man-page format.
.
.TP
.FONT I <name> CB .mandoc
-This extension recognizes both man\-page formats.
+Files using this extension recognize both man\-page formats in
+.FONT CB groff
+and other processors.
.
.
.TP
@@ -608,8 +630,12 @@ The
.FONT CI "classical roff"
languages were interpreted by the
.FONT CB "traditional troff"
-program.
+and
+.FONT CB "nroff"
+programs.
.
+.
+.P
There were several
.FONT CI roff
languages, each represented by a
@@ -624,7 +650,7 @@ Each of these provided a suitable file name
.FONT CI roff
file using the
.FONT CB me
-.I macro package
+.IR "macro package" .
.
.
.TP
@@ -668,7 +694,8 @@ Their file names have the form:
.I <package>
is the name of the macro package without the leading
.FONT CB m
-character.
+character, wich is reintegrated by the option
+.FONT CB -m R .
.
.
.P
@@ -679,11 +706,17 @@ is the source for the
macro package.
.
.
+.P
+In the
+.FONT CB groff
+source, more suitable file names were integrated, see later on.
+.
+.
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
.SS Preprocessors
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
.
-Moreover the following
+Moreover, the following
.I preprocessors
were used as filename extension:
.
@@ -726,7 +759,7 @@ for files using the
.FONT I <name> CB .tr
for files using the
.FONT CI roff
-.I language of any kind
+language of any kind
.
.
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -737,10 +770,12 @@ for files using the
.FONT CB groff
is the actual
.FONT CI roff
-standard.
+standard, both for classical
+.FONT CI roff
+and new extensions..
.
-So the used new extensions in the source code should be regarded as
-standard.
+So even the used new extensions in the source code should be regarded
+as actual standard.
.
The following extensions are used instead of classical
.FONT CB .t
@@ -768,7 +803,7 @@ of the
file names is quite strange,
.
CI groff
-added the structures
+added the following structures:
.
.
.TP
@@ -836,7 +871,8 @@ processor.
.FONT I <name> CB .grn
for including
.BR gremlin (@MAN1EXT@),
-pictures,
+pictures, see
+.BR grn (@MAN1EXT@).
.
.
.TP