[Groff-commit] groff ./ChangeLog doc/groff.texinfo font/devps/...

[Werner LEMBERG]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/groff
Module name:    groff
Branch:         
Changes by:     Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> 06/03/19 09:13:43

Modified files:
        .              : ChangeLog 
        doc            : groff.texinfo 
        font/devps/generate: symbol.sed 

Log message:
        * doc/groff.texinfo: Improve documentation of `.sp'.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/groff/ChangeLog.diff?tr1=1.931&tr2=1.932&r1=text&r2=text
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/groff/doc/groff.texinfo.diff?tr1=1.232&tr2=1.233&r1=text&r2=text
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/groff/groff/font/devps/generate/symbol.sed.diff?tr1=1.1.1.1&tr2=1.2&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: groff/ChangeLog
diff -u groff/ChangeLog:1.931 groff/ChangeLog:1.932
--- groff/ChangeLog:1.931       Sat Mar 18 17:30:20 2006
+++ groff/ChangeLog     Sun Mar 19 09:13:43 2006
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-03-19  Miklos Somogyi  <address@hidden>
+
+       * doc/groff.texinfo: Improve documentation of `.sp'.
+
 2006-03-18  Werner LEMBERG  <address@hidden>
 
        * LICENSE: Renamed to...
Index: groff/doc/groff.texinfo
diff -u groff/doc/groff.texinfo:1.232 groff/doc/groff.texinfo:1.233
--- groff/doc/groff.texinfo:1.232       Mon Mar 13 22:36:02 2006
+++ groff/doc/groff.texinfo     Sun Mar 19 09:13:43 2006
@@ -7091,7 +7091,27 @@
 address@hidden  A negative argument causes @code{gtroff} to move up the page
 the specified distance.  If the argument is preceded by a @samp{|}
 then @code{gtroff} moves that distance from the top of the page.  This
-request causes a line break.  The default scaling indicator is @samp{v}.
+request causes a line break, and that adds the current line spacing to
+the space you have just specified.  The default scaling indicator is
address@hidden
+
+For convenience you may wish to use the following macros to set the height
+of the next line at a given distance from the top or the bottom of the
+page:
+
address@hidden
+.de y-from-top-down
+.  sp |\\$1-\\n[.v]u
+..
+.
+.de y-from_bot-up
+.  sp |\\n[.p]u-\\$1-\\n[.v]u
+..
address@hidden
+
address@hidden
+A call to @samp{.y-from-bot-up 10c} means that the bottom of the next line 
+will be at address@hidden from the paper edge at the bottom.
 
 If a vertical trap is sprung during execution of @code{sp}, the amount of
 vertical space after the trap is discarded.  For example, this
Index: groff/font/devps/generate/symbol.sed
diff -u groff/font/devps/generate/symbol.sed:1.1.1.1 
groff/font/devps/generate/symbol.sed:1.2
--- groff/font/devps/generate/symbol.sed:1.1.1.1        Sun Feb  6 09:36:20 2000
+++ groff/font/devps/generate/symbol.sed        Sun Mar 19 09:13:43 2006
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sed -f
-# Tweak the AFM file for the Symbol font.
+# Set up uniform vertical dimensions for extensible glyphs (needed by eqn).
 /^C .*[ ;]N bracketlefttp[ ;]/bx
 /^C .*[ ;]N bracketleftex[ ;]/bx
 /^C .*[ ;]N bracketleftbt[ ;]/bx