Thanks! Marisa
---- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marisagiancarla Opensim City: https://OpensimCity.org Opensim Radio: http://radio.opensimcity.org:8188 Empire Directory: https://EmpireDirectory.net Text Games List: http://empiredirectory.net/toplist/ Lugdunon City: https://LugdunonCity.org Macro Files Directory: http://www.macrofiles.us Patreon Campaign: https://www.patreon.com/fstltna IndieDB: http://www.indiedb.com/company/pocketfiction-pocketgames4me > On Sep 16, 2015, at 1:02 AM, Ingo Schwarze <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Marisa, > > Marisa Giancarla wrote on Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:03:03PM -0700: > >> This should be easy - what are the macros in -mm > > -mm is a macro set. It is intended to make entering roff(7) code > easier. That implies that it doesn't need to contain macros for > things that are already easy with low-level roff(7) requests, as > long as these requests don't interfere with the inner workings of > the -mm macros. > > All you ask can be done easily with the following roff(7) requests: > >> that end a line early, > > .br > >> and that put a blank line between two paragraphs. > > .sp > > unless the -mm .P macro already adds enough space at a specific > position for your taste. You can use the \n(Ps number register > to adjust vertical paragraph spacing to your needs. > > You could also use the -mm .SP macro, but it doesn't seem to do > much more than plain .sp, except for the effect that multiple .SP > in a row don't add up, while multiple .sp do, which may or may not > be an improvement depending on context, but probably not very > relevant unless you write your own macros on top of -mm. > > Also note that .VERBON has an option to add a line before the > verbose text, just in case that's the place where you need it. > >> Is .BR one of them? > > Not at all, according to groff_mm(7), it's an alternating font macro, > fomatting its odd args in bold and its even macros in roman. > > Yours, > Ingo
