groff_filenames.man: Extension.

2 files changed, 85 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog b/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog
index 530db5d4..a2b85851 100644
--- a/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/RUNOFF/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+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>
 
 	* runoff.man: Major rewrite, due to good documentation of 1974,
diff --git a/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man b/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man
index f888b469..aaf9fe3b 100644
--- a/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man
+++ b/contrib/RUNOFF/groff_filenames.man
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ operating systems.
 .
 .
 .P
-Later on, groff added some more extensions.
+Later on,
+.FONT CR groff
+added some more extensions.
 .
 We will now write a
 .I man\-page about these filename extensions.
@@ -169,7 +171,7 @@ in the years 1960\-63.
 But there is no documentation for this old text system.
 .
 .
-P
+.P
 The first documented
 .FONT CB .COMMAND
 text language was
@@ -178,11 +180,28 @@ see
 .BR runoff (@MAN7EXT@).
 .
 .
+.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS RUNOFF Files
+.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
+.
+All available
+.FONT CI RUNOFF
+files are kept in 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.
+.
+.
 .TP
 .FONT I <name> CB .RUNOFF
 .TQ
 .FONT I <name> CB .runoff
-oldest usage for files in the historical
+were the oldest usage for files in the original
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
 format of the 1960s at
 .FONT CR "IBM 7090"
@@ -196,29 +215,29 @@ with the operating system
 .FONT I <name> CB .RUN
 .TQ
 .FONT I <name> CB .run
-used for \
+This abbreviation was used first for
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
 files on the
-.FONT CR CTTS
+.FONT CR CTSS
 and
 .FONT CR Multics
-operating system in the 1960s.
+operating system in the 1960s and later on.
 .
 .
 .TP
-.FONT I <name> CB .rno
-.TP
 .FONT I <name> CB .RNO
+.TQ
+.FONT I <name> CB .rno
 used for normal
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
-text files on the
+text files, mostly on the
 .FONT CR "PDP10\-10 archive" R .
 .
 .
 .TP
-.FONT I <name> CB .rnh
-.TQ
 .FONT I <name> CB .RNH
+.TQ
+.FONT I <name> CB .rnh
 for help files written in the
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
 language on the
@@ -228,25 +247,48 @@ language on the
 .P
 .FONT CI RUNOFF
 files with the extensions
-.FONT CB .rno
+.FONT CB .rnh R ,
+.FONT CB .rno R ,
 and
-.FONT CB .rnh
-are still available in the internet at several site, mostly at the
+.FONT CB .run
+are still available in the internet at several sites, mostly at the
 .FONT CR "DEC PDP\-10 archive" R .
 .
 See
 .nh
+.UR http://\:pdp\-10.trailing\-edge.com/\:cgi-bin/\:searchbyname?name=*.rnh
+RNH
+.UE ,
 .UR http://\:pdp\-10.trailing\-edge.com/\:cgi-bin/\:searchbyname?name=*.rno
 RNO
-.UE
+.UE ,
 and
-.UR http://\:pdp\-10.trailing\-edge.com/\:cgi-bin/\:searchbyname?name=runoff.*
-RUNOFF
-.UE .
-.hy
+.UR http://\:pdp\-10.trailing\-edge.com/\:cgi-bin/\:searchbyname?name=*.run
+RUN
+.UE  .
 .hy
 .
 .
+.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS Processed RUNOFF Text Files
+.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
+.
+Files written in the
+.FONT CI RUNOFF
+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.
+.
+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:
+.
+.
 .TP
 .FONT I <name> CB .DOC
 .TQ
@@ -260,8 +302,7 @@ program and contained
 and
 .I hyphenated
 output on
-.
-IR "tty mode" .
+.IR "tty mode" .
 .
 The extension
 .FONT CB .doc
@@ -271,9 +312,27 @@ for their
 .IR "office files" .
 .
 .
+.TP
+.FONT I <name> CB .MEM
+.TP
+.FONT I <name> CB .mem
+This often used extension was taken to refer to the ancient
+.FONT CI MEMO
+language.
+.
+.
+.TP
+.FONT I <name> CB .HLP
+.TQ
+.FONT I <name> CB .hlp
+The formatting of
+.FONT CI * CB .rnh
+files (help files) was stored under this extension.
+.
+.
 .P
 This ends the description of
-.FONT RUNOFF .R .
+.FONT CI RUNOFF .R .
 .
 All following parts of this document refer to the
 .FONT CI roff