1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> 2<html> 3<head> 4<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1"> 5<title>Mom -- Goodies</title> 6</head> 7<body bgcolor="#dfdfdf"> 8 9<!====================================================================> 10 11<a href="inlines.html#TOP">Next</a> 12<a href="typesetting.html#TOP">Prev</a> 13<a href="toc.html">Back to Table of Contents</a> 14<p> 15<a name="TOP"></a> 16<a name="GOODIES"> 17 <h1 align="center"><u>Goodies</u></h1> 18</a> 19<p> 20<a name="INTRO_GOODIES"></a> 21The macros in this section are a collection of useful (and sometimes 22nearly indispensable) routines to simplify typesetting. 23<p> 24<a name="INDEX_GOODIES"> 25 <h3><u>Goodies list</u></h3> 26</a> 27 28<ul> 29 <li><a href="#ALIAS">ALIAS</a> (rename macros) 30 <li><a href="#SILENT">SILENT</a> ("hide" input lines from output) 31 <li><a href="#TRAP">TRAP</a> (suspend/re-invoke traps) 32 <li><a href="#SMARTQUOTES">SMARTQUOTES</a> (convert typewriter doublequotes to proper doublequotes) 33 <li><a href="#CAPS">CAPS</a> (convert to upper case) 34 <li><a href="#STRING">STRING</a> (user-definable strings) 35 <br> 36 <li><strong>Underscore/underline</strong> 37 <ul> 38 <li><a href="#UNDERSCORE">UNDERSCORE</a> (single underscore) 39 <li><a href="#UNDERSCORE2">UNDERSCORE2</a> (double underscore) 40 <li><a href="#UNDERLINE">UNDERLINE</a> (underline -- Courier only!) 41 <li><a href="#UL">\*[UL]</a> (inline escape to underline -- Courier only!) 42 </ul> 43 <li><strong>Padding</strong> 44 <ul> 45 <li><a href="#PAD">PAD</a> (insert equalized space into lines) 46 <li><a href="#PAD_MARKER">PAD_MARKER</a> (change/set the marker used with <strong>PAD</strong>) 47 </ul> 48 <li><strong>Leaders</strong> 49 <ul> 50 <li><a href="#LEADER">\*[LEADER]</a> (inline escape to add leaders to a line) 51 <li><a href="#LEADER_CHARACTER">LEADER_CHARACTER</a> (change/set the leader character) 52 </ul> 53 <li><strong>Drop caps</strong> 54 <ul> 55 <li><a href="#DROPCAP">DROPCAP</a> (set a drop cap) 56 <li><strong>Support macros for DROPCAP</strong> 57 <ul> 58 <li><a href="#DROPCAP_FAMILY">DROPCAP_FAMILY</a> (change drop cap family) 59 <li><a href="#DROPCAP_FONT">DROPCAP_FONT</a> (change drop cap font) 60 <li><a href="#DROPCAP_ADJUST">DROPCAP_ADJUST</a> (alter size of drop cap) 61 <li><a href="#DROPCAP_COLOR">DROPCAP_COLOR</a> (change colour of drop cap) 62 <li><a href="#DROPCAP_GUTTER">DROPCAP_GUTTER</a> (change space between drop cap and running text) 63 </ul> 64 </ul> 65 <li><strong>Superscripts</strong> 66 <ul> 67 <li><a href="#SUP">\*[SUP]</a> (set superscript) 68 <li><a href="#CONDSUP">\*[CONDSUP]</a> (set condensed superscript) 69 <li><a href="#EXTSUP">\*[EXTSUP]</a> (set extended superscript) 70 </ul> 71 <li><strong>Lists</strong> 72 <ul> 73 <li><a href="docelement.html#LIST_INTRO">Introduction to lists</a> 74 <li><a href="docelement.html#LIST">LIST</a> 75 <li><a href="docelement.html#ITEM">ITEM</a> 76 <li><a href="docelement.html#SHIFT_LIST">SHIFT_LIST</a> 77 <li><a href="docelement.html#RESET_LIST">RESET_LIST</a> 78 <li><a href="docelement.html#PAD_LIST_DIGITS">PAD_LIST_DIGITS</a> 79 </ul> 80</ul> 81 82<!---ALIAS---> 83 84<hr width="66%" align="left"> 85<a name="ALIAS"><h3><u>Rename macros</u></h3></a> 86<br> 87<nobr>Macro: <strong>ALIAS</strong> <new name> <old name></nobr> 88 89<p> 90The <strong>ALIAS</strong> macro may well be your best friend. With it, 91you can change the name of a macro to anything you like 92(provided the new name is not already being used by 93<strong>mom</strong>; see the 94<a href="reserved.html#RESERVED">list of reserved words</a>). 95<p> 96Groff has always been a bit intimidating for new users because 97its standard macro packages use very terse macro names. 98<strong>Mom</strong> doesn't like people to feel intimidated; she wants 99them to feel welcome. Consequently, she tries for easy-to-grasp, 100self-explanatory macro names. However, <strong>mom</strong> knows 101that people have their own ways of thinking, their own preferences, 102their own habits. Some of her macro names may not suit you; they 103might be too long, or aren't what you automatically think of 104when you want to do a particular thing, or might conflict with habits 105you've developed over the years. 106<p> 107If you don't like one of <strong>mom</strong>'s macro names, 108say, PAGEWIDTH, change it, like this: 109<p> 110<pre> 111 .ALIAS PW PAGEWIDTH 112 | | 113 new__| |__official 114 name name 115</pre> 116 117The first argument to <strong>ALIAS</strong> is the new name you want 118for a macro. The second is the "official" name by 119which the macro is normally invoked. After <strong>ALIAS</strong>, 120either can be used. 121<p> 122Note that in <strong>ALIAS</strong>, you do NOT include the period 123(dot) that precedes the macro when it's a 124<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_CONTROLLINES">control line</a>. 125<p> 126<strong>NOTE:</strong> If you use <strong>ALIAS</strong> a lot, 127and always for the same things, consider creating an aliases 128file of the form 129<p> 130<pre> 131 .ALIAS <new name> <old name> 132 .ALIAS <new name> <old name> 133 .ALIAS <new name> <old name> 134 ...etc 135</pre> 136 137Put the file someplace convenient and source it at the 138beginning of your documents using the groff 139<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_PRIMITIVES">primitive</a> 140<strong>.so</strong>. Assuming that you've created an aliases file 141called mom_aliases in your home directory under a directory 142called <code>Mom</code>, you'd source it by placing 143<p> 144<pre> 145 .so /home/<username>/Mom/mom_aliases 146</pre> 147 148at the top of your documents. 149<p> 150If you share documents that make use of an alias file, remember that 151other people don't have the file! Paste the whole thing at the top 152of your documents, please. 153<p> 154<strong>EXPERTS:</strong> <strong>ALIAS</strong> is an alias of 155<code>.als</code>. You can use either, or mix 'n' match with 156impunity. 157<p> 158 159<!---SILENT---> 160 161<hr width="66%" align="left"> 162<a name="SILENT"><h3><u>Hide input lines from output</u></h3></a> 163<br> 164<nobr>Macro: <strong>SILENT</strong> toggle</nobr> 165<br> 166Alias: <strong>COMMENT</strong> 167 168<p> 169Sometimes, you want to "hide" 170<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INPUTLINE">input lines</a> 171from final output. This is most likely to be the case when setting 172up string tabs (see the 173<a href="STRING_TABS_TUT">quickie tutorial on string tabs</a> 174for an example), but there are other places where you might want input 175lines to be invisible as well. Any place you don't want input lines 176to appear in the output, use the <strong>SILENT</strong> macro. 177<p> 178<strong>SILENT</strong> is a toggle. Invoking it without an argument 179turns it on; any argument turns it off. E.g., 180<p> 181<pre> 182 .SILENT 183 A line of text 184 .SILENT OFF 185</pre> 186 187The line "A line of text" will not appear in the 188output copy. 189<p> 190<strong>SILENT</strong> is aliased as <strong>COMMENT</strong>. 191If you want to insert non-printing comments into your documents, 192you may prefer this. 193<p> 194<strong>NOTE: SILENT</strong> does not automatically break an 195<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INPUTLINE">input line</a> 196(see 197<a href="typesetting.html#BR">BR</a>) 198when you're in one of the 199<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_FILLED">fill modes</a> 200(<a href="typesetting.html#JUSTIFY">JUSTIFY</a> 201or 202<a href="typesetting.html#QUAD">QUAD L | R | C | J</a>). 203The same applies to tabs 204(<a href="typesetting.html#TAB_SET">typesetting</a> 205or 206<a href="typesetting.html#ST">string</a>) 207to which you've passed the <strong>J</strong> or <strong>QUAD</strong> 208argument. You must insert <code>.BR</code> yourself, or risk a 209portion of your text disappearing into a black hole. 210<p> 211 212<!---TRAP---> 213 214<hr width="66%" align="left"> 215<a name="TRAP"><h3><u>Suspend/re-invoke traps</u></h3></a> 216<br> 217<nobr>Macro: <strong>TRAP</strong> toggle</nobr> 218 219<p> 220Traps are vertical positions on the output page at which you or 221<strong>mom</strong> have instructed groff to start doing 222something automatically. Commonly, this is near the bottom of 223the page, where automatic behind-the-scenes processing is needed 224in order for one page to finish and another to start. 225<p> 226Sometimes, traps get sprung when you don't want them. If this 227happens, surround just the offending macros and input lines with 228<p> 229<pre> 230 .TRAP OFF 231 ... 232 .TRAP 233</pre> 234 235<strong>TRAP</strong> is a toggle, therefore any argument 236turns it off (i.e. suspends the trap), and no argument turns it 237(back) on. 238<p> 239 240<!---SMARTQUOTES---> 241 242<hr width="66%" align="left"> 243<a name="SMARTQUOTES"><h3><u>Convert typewriter doublequotes to proper doublequotes</u></h3></a> 244<br> 245<nobr>Macro: <strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> [<off>] [ ,, | >> | << ]</nobr> 246<br> 247or 248<br> 249<nobr>Macro: <strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> DA | DE | ES | FR | IT | NL | NO | PT | SV</nobr> 250 251<p> 252If you invoke <strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> without an argument, 253<strong>mom</strong> converts all instances of the inch-mark, 254(<kbd>"</kbd> -- also called a "doublequote"), into 255the appropriate instances of true Anglo-American open- and 256close-doublequotes. (See 257<a href="#SQ_INTERNATIONAL">Internationalization</a> 258for how to get SMARTQUOTES to behave correctly for non-English 259quoting styles.) 260<p> 261Typographically, there is a difference between the inch-mark and 262doublequotes -- a BIG difference. Sadly, typewriters and computer 263keyboards supply only one: the inch-mark. While using inches for 264doublequotes is, and always has been, acceptable in typewriter-style 265copy, it has never been, and, God willing, never will be acceptable in 266typeset copy. Failure to turn inches into quotes is the first thing 267a professional typesetter notices in documents prepared by amateurs. 268And you don't want to look like an amateur, do you? 269<p> 270<a name="SQ_INTERNATIONAL"><h3>Internationalization</h3></a> 271<p> 272If you invoke <strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> with one of the optional 273arguments (<kbd>,,</kbd> or <kbd>>></kbd> or 274<kbd><<</kbd>) you can use <kbd>"</kbd> as "cheap" 275open- and close-quotes when inputting text in a language other than 276English, and have <strong>mom</strong> convert them, on output, 277into the chosen open- and close-quote style. 278<p> 279<kbd>,,</kbd> opens quotes with "lowered doublequotes" and 280closes them with "raised doublequotes", as in this ascii 281approximation: 282<p> 283<pre> 284 ,,Hilfe !`` 285</pre> 286 287<kbd>>></kbd> opens quotes with guillemets pointing to the 288right, and closes them with guillemets pointing to the left, as in 289this ascii approximation: 290<p> 291<pre> 292 >>Zurück !<< 293</pre> 294 295<kbd><<</kbd> opens quotes with guillemets pointing to the 296left, and closes them with guillemets pointing to the right, as in 297this ascii approximation: 298<p> 299<pre> 300 <<Mais monsieur! Je ne suis pas ce genre de fille!>> 301</pre> 302 303Please note: the above arguments to <strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> 304are literal ASCII characters. <kbd>,,</kbd> is two commas, 305<kbd><<</kbd> is two less-than signs and <kbd>>></kbd> 306is two greater-than signs. 307<p> 308Alternatively, you can pass <strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> the 309two-letter, ISO 639 abbreviation for the language you're writing in, 310and <strong>mom</strong> will output the correct quotes. 311<p> 312<pre> 313 .SMARTQUOTES DA = Danish >>text<< 314 .SMARTQUOTES DE = German ,,text`` 315 .SMARTQUOTES ES = Spanish ``text´´ 316 .SMARTQUOTES FR = French << text >> 317 .SMARTQUOTES IT = Italian << text >> 318 .SMARTQUOTES NL = Dutch ´´text´´ 319 .SMARTQUOTES NO = Norwegian <<text>> 320 .SMARTQUOTES PT = Portuguese <<text>> 321 .SMARTQUOTES SV = Swedish >>text>> 322</pre> 323<p> 324Turn <strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> off by passing it any argument 325<em>not</em> in the argument list (e.g. <strong>OFF</strong>, 326<strong>QUIT</strong>, <strong>X</strong>, etc.) 327<p> 328If you're using the 329<a href="docprocessing.html#DOCPROCESSING">document processing macros</a> 330with 331<a href="#PRINTSTYLE">PRINTSTYLE TYPESET</a>, 332<strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> is on by default (in the Anglo-American 333style); with 334<a href="#PRINTSTYLE">PRINTSTYLE TYPEWRITE</a>, 335it's off by default (and should probably stay that way). 336<p> 337Finally, if you're fussy about the kerning of quote marks in 338relation to the text they surround, or have special quoting needs, 339you have to enter quote marks by hand using groff's native 340<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INLINES">inline escapes</a> 341for special characters (see man groff_char for a complete list of 342special characters). Entering quote marks this way allows you to 343use <strong>mom</strong>'s 344<a href="inlines.html#INLINE_KERNING_MOM">inline kerning escapes</a> 345to fine-tune the look of quotes. 346<p> 347<strong>NOTE:</strong> <strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> does not work on 348single quotes, which most people input with the apostrophe (found at 349the right-hand end of the "home row" on a QWERTY keyboard). 350Groff will interpret all instances of the apostrophe as an apostrophe, 351making the symbol useless as an open-single-quote. For open single 352quotes, input the backtick character typically found under the tilde 353on most keyboards. (Pour nous autres, "backtick" veut dire 354l'accent grave.) 355Here's an example of correct input copy with single quotes: 356<p> 357<pre> 358 "But she said, `I don't want to!'" 359</pre> 360 361<strong>ADDITIONAL NOTE:</strong> Whether or not you have 362<strong>SMARTQUOTES</strong> turned on, get into the habit of entering 363the foot- and inch-marks, when you need them, with the 364<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INLINES">inline escapes</a> 365<strong>\*[FOOT]</strong> and <strong>\*[INCH]</strong>, instead 366of <kbd>'</kbd> and <kbd>"</kbd>. 367<p> 368 369<!---CAPS---> 370 371<hr width="66%" align="left"> 372<a name="CAPS"><h3><u>Convert to upper case</u></h3></a> 373<br> 374<nobr>Macro: <strong>CAPS</strong> toggle</nobr> 375 376<p> 377<strong>CAPS</strong> converts all lower case letters to upper 378case. Primarily, it's a support macro used by the 379<a href="docprocessing.html#DOCPROCESSING">document processing macros</a>, 380but you may find it helpful on occasion. <strong>CAPS</strong> 381is a toggle, therefore no argument turns it on, any argument 382turns it off. 383<p> 384<pre> 385 .CAPS 386 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 387 .CAPS OFF 388</pre> 389 390produces, on output 391<p> 392<pre> 393 ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY. 394</pre> 395 396<!---STRING---> 397 398<hr width="66%" align="left"> 399<a name="STRING"><h3><u>User-defined strings</u></h3></a> 400<br> 401<nobr>Macro: <strong>STRING</strong> <name> <what you want in the string></nobr> 402 403<p> 404You may find sometimes that you have to type out portions of text 405repeatedly. If you'd like not to wear out your fingers, you can 406define a "string" that, whenever you call it by name, 407outputs whatever you put into it. 408<p> 409For example, say you're creating a document that repeatedly uses 410the phrase "the Montreal/Windsor corridor". Instead of 411typing all that out every time, you could define a string, like 412this: 413<p> 414<pre> 415 .STRING mw the Montreal/Windsor corridor 416</pre> 417 418Once a string is defined, you can call it any time with the 419<a href="definitions.html#INLINES">inline escape</a> 420<kbd>\*[<stringname>]</kbd>. Using the example string above 421<p> 422<pre> 423 The schedule for trains along \*[mw]: 424</pre> 425 426produces, on output 427<p> 428<pre> 429 The schedule for trains along the Montreal/Windsor corridor: 430</pre> 431 432<strong>NOTE:</strong> Be very careful not to put any spaces at the 433ends of strings you're defining, unless you want them. Everything 434after the name argument you pass to <strong>STRING</strong> goes 435into the string, including trailing spaces. 436<p> 437<strong>Experts: STRING</strong> is an alias for <strong>ds</strong>. 438You can use either, or mix 'n' match with impunity. 439<p> 440 441<!---UNDERSCORE---> 442 443<hr width="66%" align="left"> 444<a name="UNDERSCORE"><h3><u>Single underscore</u></h3></a> 445<br> 446<nobr>Macro: <strong>UNDERSCORE</strong> [ <distance below baseline> ] "<string>"</nobr> 447<br> 448<em>*Optional argument requires a <a href="definitions.html#TERMS_UNITOFMEASURE">unit of measure</a></em> 449 450<p> 451By default, <strong>UNDERSCORE</strong> places an underscore 2 points 452beneath the required 453<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_STRINGARGUMENT">string argument</a>. 454The string must be enclosed in double-quotes, like this: 455<p> 456<pre> 457 .UNDERSCORE "Unmonitored monopolies breed high prices and poor products." 458</pre> 459 460If you wish to change the distance of the rule from the 461baseline, use the optional argument <i><distance below 462baseline></i> (with a unit of measure). 463<p> 464<pre> 465 .UNDERSCORE 3p "Unmonitored monopolies breed high prices and poor products." 466</pre> 467 468The above places the underscore 3 points below the baseline. 469<p> 470<a name="NOTES_UNDERSCORE"></a> 471<strong>NOTES:</strong> 472<br> 473<strong>UNDERSCORE</strong> does not work across line breaks in output 474copy, which is to say that you can't underscore a multi-line passage 475simply by putting the text of the whole thing in the string you pass 476to <strong>UNDERSCORE</strong>. Each 477<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_OUTPUTLINE">output line</a> 478or portion of an output line you want underscored must be plugged 479separately into <strong>UNDERSCORE</strong>. Bear in mind, though, 480that underscoring should at best be an occasional effect in typeset 481copy. If you want to emphasize an entire passage, it's much, much 482better to change fonts (e.g. to italic or bold). 483<p> 484You can easily and successfully underline entire passages in simulated 485typewriter-style copy (i.e. if your font is Courier, or you're using 486the document processing macro 487<a href="#PRINTSTYLE">PRINTSTYLE TYPEWRITE</a>), 488with the 489<a href="#UNDERLINE">UNDERLINE</a> 490macro. <strong>UNDERLINE</strong> is designed specifically for this 491purpose, but works only with the Courier font. 492<p> 493<strong>Mom</strong> doesn't always get the position and length 494of the underscore precisely right in 495<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_JUST">justified</a> 496copy, although she's fine with all the other 497<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_FILLED">fill modes</a>, 498as well as with the no-fill modes. As of this writing, I have 499no solution to the occasional problems with justified copy. 500<p> 501<strong>UNDERSCORE</strong> tends to confuse 502<strong>gxditview</strong>, even though the output, when 503printed, looks fine. Generally, I recommend using <strong>gv</strong> 504to preview files anyway. See the section on 505<a href="#PREVIEWING">previewing</a>. 506<p> 507 508<!---UNDERSCORE2---> 509 510<hr width="66%" align="left"> 511<a name="UNDERSCORE2"><h3><u>Double underscore</u></h3></a> 512<br> 513<nobr>Macro: <strong>UNDERSCORE2</strong> [ <distance below baseline> [ <distance between rules> ] ] "<string>"</nobr> 514<br> 515<em>*Optional arguments require a <a href="definitions.html#TERMS_UNITOFMEASURE">unit of measure</a></em> 516 517<p> 518By default, <strong>UNDERSCORE2</strong> places a double underscore 5192 points beneath the required 520<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_STRINGARGUMENT">string argument</a>. 521The string must be enclosed in double-quotes, like this: 522<p> 523<pre> 524 .UNDERSCORE2 "Unmonitored monopolies breed high prices and poor products." 525</pre> 526 527The default distance between the two rules is 2 points. 528<p> 529If you wish to change the distance of the double underscore from 530the baseline, use the optional argument <i><distance below 531baseline></i> (with a unit of measure), e.g., 532<p> 533<pre> 534 .UNDERSCORE2 3p "Unmonitored monopolies breed high prices and poor products." 535</pre> 536 537which places the double underscore 3 points below the baseline. 538<p> 539If you wish to change the distance between the two rules as 540well, use the second optional argument <i><distance between 541rules></i> (with a unit of measure). Be aware that you must 542give a value for the first optional argument if you want to use 543the second. 544<p> 545<strong>NOTE:</strong> the same restrictions and caveats apply 546to <strong>UNDERSCORE2</strong> as to 547<strong>UNDERSCORE</strong>. See the 548<a href="#NOTES_UNDERSCORE">NOTES</a> 549for <strong>UNDERSCORE</strong>. 550<p> 551 552<!---UNDERLINE---> 553 554<hr width="66%" align="left"> 555<a name="UNDERLINE"><h3><u>Underline text -- Courier font only!</u></h3></a> 556<br> 557<nobr>Macro: <strong>UNDERLINE</strong> toggle</nobr> 558 559<p> 560If your font is Courier, or you're using the document processing macro 561<a href="#PRINTSTYLE">PRINTSTYLE TYPEWRITE</a>, 562<strong>UNDERLINE</strong> allows you to underline words and 563passages that, in typeset copy, would be italicized. You invoke 564<strong>UNDERLINE</strong> as you do with all toggle macros -- 565by itself (i.e. with no argument) to initiate underlining, and 566with any argument to turn underlining off. 567<p> 568When on, <strong>UNDERLINE</strong> underlines letters, words 569and numbers, but not punctuation or spaces. This makes for more 570readable copy than a solid underline. 571<p> 572<strong>NOTE:</strong> Underlining may also be turned on and off 573<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INLINES">inline</a> 574with the escapes 575<a href="#UL">\*[UL]...\*[ULX].</a> 576<p> 577 578<!---UL---> 579 580<hr width="66%" align="left"> 581<a name="UL"><h3><u>Inline escape for underlining -- Courier font only!</u></h3></a> 582<br> 583Inline: <strong>\*[UL]...\*[ULX]</strong> 584 585<p> 586If your font is Courier, or you're using the document processing macro 587<a href="#PRINTSTYLE">PRINTSTYLE TYPEWRITE</a>, 588<strong>\*[UL]...\*[ULX]</strong> underlines words and 589passages that, in typeset copy, would be italicized. 590<p> 591<strong>\*[UL]</strong> underlines all letters, words and numbers 592following it, but not punctuation or spaces. This makes for more 593readable copy than a solid underline. When you no longer want 594underlining, <strong>\*[ULX]</strong> turns underlining off. 595<p> 596The macro 597<a href="#UNDERLINE">UNDERLINE</a> 598and the inline escape <strong>\*[UL]</strong> are functionally 599identical, hence 600<p> 601<pre> 602 .FAM C 603 .FT R 604 .PT_SIZE 12 605 .LS 24 606 .SS 0 607 .QUAD LEFT 608 Which should I heed? 609 .UNDERLINE 610 Just do it 611 .UNDERLINE OFF 612 or 613 .UNDERLINE 614 just say no? 615 .UNDERLINE OFF 616</pre> 617 618produces the same result as 619<p> 620<pre> 621 .FAM C 622 .FT R 623 .PT_SIZE 12 624 .LS 24 625 .SS 0 626 .QUAD LEFT 627 Which should I heed? \*[UL]Just do it\*[ULX] or \*[UL]just say no?\*[ULX] 628</pre> 629 630<!---PAD---> 631 632<hr width="66%" align="left"> 633<a name="PAD"><h3><u>Insert space into lines</u></h3></a> 634<br> 635<nobr>Macro: <strong>PAD</strong> "<string with pad markers inserted>" [NOBREAK]</nobr> 636 637<p> 638With <strong>PAD</strong>, you can insert unspecified amounts of 639whitespace into a line. The optional <strong>NOBREAK</strong> 640argument tells <strong>mom</strong> not to advance on the page 641after the <strong>PAD</strong> macro has been invoked. 642<p> 643<strong>PAD</strong> calculates the difference between the length of 644text on the line and the distance remaining to its end, then inserts 645the difference (as whitespace) at the place(s) you specify. 646<p> 647Take, for example, the following relatively common typesetting 648situation, found at the bottom of legal agreements: 649<p> 650<pre> 651 Date Signature | 652</pre> 653 654The person signing the agreement is supposed to fill in the date 655as well as a signature. Space needs to be left for both, but 656the exact amount is neither known, nor important. All that 657matters is that there be a little space after Date, and rather 658more space after Signature. (In the above, | represents 659the end of the line at the prevailing line length.) 660<p> 661The 662<a href="#PADMARKER">pad marker</a> 663(see below) is # (the pound or number sign on your keyboard) and 664can be used multiple times in a line. With that in mind, here's how 665you'd input the Date/Signature line (assuming a length of 30 picas): 666<p> 667<pre> 668 .LL 30P 669 .PAD "Date#Signature###" 670</pre> 671 672When the line is output, the space remaining on the line, after 673"Date" and "Signature" have been taken into 674account, is split into four (because there are four # signs). 675One quarter of the space is inserted between Date and Signature, 676the remainder is inserted after Signature. 677<a name="PAD_EXAMPLE"></a> 678<p> 679One rarely wants merely to insert space in a line; one usually 680wants to fill it with something, hence <strong>PAD</strong> is 681particularly useful in conjunction with 682<a href="#STRING_TABS">string tabs</a>. 683The following uses the Date/Signature example above, but adds 684rules into the whitespace through the use of string tabs and 685<strong>mom</strong>'s 686<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INLINES">inline escape</a> 687<a href="inlines.html#INLINE_RULE_MOM">\*[RULE]</a>. 688(Instead of <strong>\*[RULE]</strong>, 689groff's line drawing function, 690<a href="inlines.html#INLINE_LINEDRAWING_GROFF">\l</a> 691could be used.) 692<p> 693<pre> 694 .LL 30P 695 .PAD "Date \*[ST1]#\*[ST1X] Signature \*[ST2]###\*[ST2X]" NOBREAK 696 .ST 1 J 697 .ST 2 J 698 .TAB 1 699 \*[RULE] 700 .TN 701 \*[RULE] 702 .TQ 703</pre> 704 705If you're not a typesetter, and if you're new to groff, the 706example probably looks like gibberish. My apologies. However, 707remember that typesetting is a craft, and without having studied 708the craft, it takes a while to grasp its concepts. 709<p> 710Basically, what the example does is: 711<br> 712<ol> 713 <li>Pads the Date/Signature line (using the pad marker #), 714 encloses the padded space with two string tabs markers, 715 and outputs the line. 716 <br> 717 <li>Sets the two string tabs (notice the use of 718 <a href="#EL">EL</a> 719 beforehand; you don't want <strong>mom</strong> 720 to advance a line at this point). 721 <br> 722 <li>Calls the first string tab and draws a rule to its full 723 length. 724 <br> 725 <li>Calls the second tab with 726 <a href="#TN">TN</a> 727 (which moves to tab 2 and stays on the same baseline) 728 then draws a rule to the full length of string tab 2. 729</ol> 730<br> 731Often, when setting up string tabs this way, you don't want the 732padded line to print immediately. To accomplish this, use 733<a href="#SILENT">SILENT</a>. 734See the <a href="#STRING_TABS_TUT">quickie tutorial on string tabs</a> 735for an example. 736<p> 737<strong>NOTE:</strong> Because the pound sign (#) is used as the pad 738marker, you can't use it as a literal part of the pad string. If you 739need the sign to appear in the text of a padded line, change the pad 740marker with <a href="#PAD_MARKER">PAD_MARKER</a>. Also, be aware 741that # as a pad marker only applies within the <strong>PAD</strong> 742macro; at all other times it prints literally, just as you'd expect. 743<p> 744Another important consideration when using <strong>PAD</strong> is that 745because the string must be enclosed in double-quotes, you can't use the 746double-quote (") as part of the string. The way to circumvent 747this is to use the groff 748<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INLINES">inline escapes</a> 749<strong>\(lq</strong> and <strong>\(rq</strong> (leftquote and 750rightquote respectively) whenever double-quotes are required in the 751string passed to <strong>PAD</strong>. 752<p> 753 754<!---PAD_MARKER---> 755 756<hr width="66%" align="left"> 757<a name="PAD_MARKER"><h3><u>Change/set the marker used with PAD</u></h3></a> 758<br> 759<nobr>Macro: <strong>PAD_MARKER</strong> <character to use as the pad marker></nobr> 760 761<p> 762If you need to change <strong>mom</strong>'s default pad marker 763(#), either because you want a literal # in the padded line, 764or simply because you want to use another character instead, use 765<strong>PAD_MARKER</strong>, whose argument is the new pad marker 766character you want. 767<p> 768<pre> 769 .PAD_MARKER @ 770</pre> 771 772changes the pad marker to @. 773<p> 774Once you've changed the pad marker, the new marker remains in 775effect for every instance of 776<a href="#PAD">PAD</a> 777until you change it again (say, back to the pound sign). 778<p> 779 780<!---\*[LEADER]---> 781 782<hr width="66%" align="left"> 783<a name="LEADER"><h3><u>Inline escape to add leaders to a line</u></h3></a> 784<br> 785Inline: <strong>\*[LEADER]</strong> 786 787<p> 788Whenever you want to fill a line or tab with 789<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_LEADER">leaders</a>, 790use the 791<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INLINES">inline escape</a> 792<strong>\*[LEADER]</strong>. The remainder of the line or tab will be 793filled with the leader character. <strong>Mom</strong>'s 794default leader character is a period (dot), but you can change 795it to any character you like with 796<a href="#LEADER_CHARACTER">LEADER_CHARACTER</a>. 797<p> 798<strong>NOTE:</strong> <strong>\*[LEADER]</strong> fills lines 799or tabs right to their end. You cannot insert leaders into a 800line or tab and have text following the leader on the same line 801or in the same tab. Should you wish to achieve such an effect 802typographically, create tabs for each element of the line and 803fill them appropriately with the text and leaders you need. 804<a href="#STRING_TABS">String tabs</a> are perfect for this. An 805example follows. 806<p> 807<pre> 808 .LL 30P 809 .PAD "Date\*[ST1]#\*[ST1X]Signature\*[ST2]###\*[ST2X]" 810 .EL 811 .ST 1 J 812 .ST 2 J 813 .TAB 1 814 \*[LEADER] 815 .TN 816 \*[LEADER] 817 .TQ 818</pre> 819 820The <strong>PAD</strong> line sets the words Date and Signature, 821and marks string tabs around the pad space inserted in the line. 822The string tabs are then "set", called, and filled 823with leaders. The result looks like this: 824<p> 825<pre> 826 Date.............Signature..................................... 827</pre> 828 829<!---LEADER_CHARACTER---> 830 831<hr width="66%" align="left"> 832<a name="LEADER_CHARACTER"><h3><u>Change/set the leader character</u></h3></a> 833<br> 834<nobr>Macro: <strong>LEADER_CHARACTER</strong> <character></nobr> 835 836<p> 837<strong>LEADER_CHARACTER</strong> takes one argument: a single 838character you would like to be used for 839<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_LEADER">leaders</a>. 840(See 841<a href="#LEADER">\*[LEADER]</a> for an explanation of how to 842fill lines with leaders.) 843<p> 844For example, to change the leader character from <strong>mom</strong>'s 845default (a period) to the underscore character, enter 846<p> 847<pre> 848 .LEADER_CHARACTER _ 849</pre> 850 851<!---DROPCAP---> 852 853<hr width="66%" align="left"> 854<a name="DROPCAP"><h3><u>Drop caps</u></h3></a> 855<br> 856<nobr>Macro: <strong>DROPCAP</strong> <dropcap letter> <number of lines to drop> [ COND <percentage> | EXT <percentage> ]</nobr> 857 858<p> 859The first two arguments to <strong>DROPCAP</strong> are the letter you 860want to be the 861<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_DROPCAP">drop cap</a> 862and the number of lines you want it to drop. By default, 863<strong>mom</strong> uses the current family and font for the drop cap. 864<p> 865The optional argument (COND or EXT) indicates that you want the 866drop cap condensed (narrower) or extended (wider). If you use 867<strong>COND</strong> or <strong>EXT</strong>, you must follow the 868argument with the percentage of the letter's normal width you want 869it condensed or extended. No percent sign (%) is required. 870<p> 871<strong>Mom</strong> will do her very best to get the drop cap to 872line up with the first line of text indented beside it, then set 873the correct number of indented lines, and restore your left margin 874when the number of drop cap lines has been reached. 875<p> 876Beginning a paragraph with a drop cap "T" looks 877like this: 878<p> 879<pre> 880 .DROPCAP T 3 COND 90 881 he thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I 882 could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. 883 You who so well know the nature of my soul will not suppose, 884 however, that I gave utterance to a threat... 885</pre> 886 887The drop cap, slightly condensed but in the current family and font, 888will be three lines tall, with whatever text fills those three 889lines indented to the right of the letter. The remainder of the 890paragraph's text will revert to the left margin. 891<p> 892<strong>NOTE:</strong> When using the 893<a href="docprocessing.html#DOCPROCESSING">document processing macro</a> 894<a href="#PP">PP</a>, 895<strong>DROPCAP</strong> only works 896<br> 897<ul> 898 <li>with initial paragraphs (i.e. at the start of the document, 899 or after 900 <a href="#HEAD">HEAD</a>), 901 <li>when <strong>DROPCAP</strong> comes immediately after <strong>PP</strong>, 902 <li>and when the 903 <a href="docprocessing.html#PRINTSTYLE">PRINTSTYLE</a> 904 is TYPESET. 905</ul> 906<br> 907If these conditions aren't met, <strong>DROPCAP</strong> is silently ignored. 908<p> 909<strong>WARNING:</strong> <strong>DROPCAP</strong> puts a bit of 910a strain on resource-challenged systems. If you have such a 911system and use drop caps extensively in a document, be prepared 912for a wait while <strong>mom</strong> does her thing. 913 914<h3><a name="DROPCAP_SUPPORT"><u>Support macros for DROPCAP</u></a></h3> 915Drop caps are the bane of most typesetters' existence. It's 916very difficult to get the size of the drop cap right for the 917number of drop lines, especially if the drop cap is in a 918different family from the prevailing family of running text. 919Not only that, but there's the gutter around the drop cap to 920take into account, plus the fact that the letter may be too wide 921or too narrow to look anything but odd or misplaced. 922<p> 923<strong>Mom</strong> solves the last of these problems with the 924<strong>COND</strong> and <strong>EXT</strong> arguments. The 925rest she solves with macros that change the default behaviour of 926<strong>DROPCAP</strong>, namely 927<p> 928<a href="#DROPCAP_FAMILY">DROPCAP_FAMILY</a>, 929<br> 930<a href="#DROPCAP_FONT">DROPCAP_FONT</a>, 931<br> 932<a href="#DROPCAP_COLOR">DROPCAP_COLOR</a>, 933<br> 934<a href="#DROPCAP_ADJUST">DROPCAP_ADJUST</a> 935<br> 936and 937<br> 938<a href="#DROPCAP_GUTTER">DROPCAP_GUTTER</a>. 939<p> 940These macros must, of course, come before you invoke 941<strong>DROPCAP</strong>. 942 943<h3><a name="DROPCAP_FAMILY"><u>DROPCAP_FAMILY</u></a></h3> 944 945Set the drop cap family by giving 946<strong>DROPCAP_FAMILY</strong> the name of the family you want, 947e.g. 948<p> 949<pre> 950 .DROPCAP_FAMILY H 951</pre> 952 953which will set the family to Helvetica for the drop cap only. 954 955<h3><a name="DROPCAP_FONT"><u>DROPCAP_FONT</u></a></h3> 956 957Set the drop cap font by giving 958<strong>DROPCAP_FONT</strong> the name of the font you want, 959e.g. 960<p> 961<pre> 962 .DROPCAP_FONT I 963</pre> 964 965which will set the font to italic for the drop cap only. 966 967<h3><a name="DROPCAP_ADJUST"><u>DROPCAP_ADJUST</u></a></h3> 968 969If the size <strong>mom</strong> calculates for the drop cap 970isn't precisely what you want, you can increase or decrease it 971with <strong>DROPCAP_ADJUST</strong>, like this: 972e.g. 973<p> 974<pre> 975 .DROPCAP_ADJUST +1 976 or 977 .DROPCAP_ADJUST -.75 978</pre> 979 980<strong>DROPCAP_ADJUST</strong> only understands 981<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_PICASPOINTS">points</a>, 982therefore do not append any 983<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_UNITOFMEASURE">unit of measure</a> 984to the argument. And always be sure to prepend the plus or 985minus sign, depending on whether you want the drop cap larger or 986smaller. 987 988 989<h3><a name="DROPCAP_COLOR"><u>DROPCAP_COLOR</u></a></h3> 990 991If you'd like your drop cap colourized, simply invoke 992<strong>DROPCAP_COLOR</strong> with the name of a colour you've already 993created ("initialized") with 994<a href="color.html#NEWCOLOR">NEWCOLOR</a> 995or 996<a href="color.html#XCOLOR">XCOLOR</a>. Only the drop cap will be 997colourized; all other text will remain at the current colour 998default (usually black). 999 1000<h3><a name="DROPCAP_GUTTER"><u>DROPCAP_GUTTER</u></a></h3> 1001 1002By default, <strong>mom</strong> puts three points of space 1003between the drop cap and the text indented beside it. If you 1004want another value, use <strong>DROPCAP_GUTTER</strong> (with a 1005unit of measure), like this: 1006<p> 1007<pre> 1008 .DROPCAP_GUTTER 6p 1009</pre> 1010 1011<!---\*[SUP]---> 1012 1013<hr width="66%" align="left"> 1014<a name="SUP"><h3><u>Superscript</u></h3></a> 1015<br> 1016Inlines: <strong>\*[SUP]...\*[SUPX]</strong> 1017 1018<p> 1019Superscripts are accomplished 1020<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_INLINES">inline</a>. 1021Whenever you need one, typically for numerals, all you need to 1022do is surround the superscript with the inlines above. 1023<strong>\*[SUP]</strong> begins superscripting; 1024<strong>\*[SUPX]</strong> turns it off. 1025<a name="CONDSUP"></a> 1026<a name="EXTSUP"></a> 1027<p> 1028If your running type is 1029<a href="#COND_INLINE">pseudo-condensed</a> 1030or 1031<a href="#EXT_INLINE">pseudo-extended</a> 1032and you want your superscripts to be equivalently pseudo-condensed or 1033-extended, use <strong>\*[CONDSUP]...\*[CONDSUPX]</strong> or 1034<strong>\*[EXTSUP]...\*[EXTSUPX]</strong>. 1035<p> 1036The superscript inlines are primarily used by the 1037<a href="docprocessing.html#DOCPROCESSING">document processing macros</a> 1038for automatic generation of numbered footnotes. However, you may 1039find them useful for other purposes. 1040<p> 1041<strong>NOTE:</strong> <strong>Mom</strong> does a pretty fine job of 1042making superscripts look good in any font and at any size. If you're 1043fussy, though (and I am), about precise vertical placement, kerning, 1044weight, size, and so on, you may want to roll your own solution. 1045And sorry, there's no <strong>mom</strong> equivalent for subscripts. 1046I'm neither a mathematician nor a chemist, so I don't need them. 1047Of course, anyone who wishes to contribute a subscript routine to 1048<strong>mom</strong> will receive eternal blessings not only in this 1049lifetime, but in all lifetimes to come. 1050<p> 1051<hr> 1052<a href="inlines.html#TOP">Next</a> 1053<a href="typesetting.html#TOP">Prev</a> 1054<a href="#TOP">Top</a> 1055<a href="toc.html">Back to Table of Contents</a> 1056</body> 1057</html> 1058