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Re: [Groff] read-only number register


From: Ingo Schwarze
Subject: Re: [Groff] read-only number register
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 00:40:34 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)

Hi,

SGT. Garcia wrote on Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 06:15:46PM -0500:

> ... i see that expression alot in docs/mans. what does it mean?

A roff document can read from the number register (for example
using the \n espace sequence) but cannot change the value of
the register (for example, assigning to it with the .nr request
won't work).

Yours,
  Ingo



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