[Groff-commit] groff ./ChangeLog src/roff/groff/groff.man

[Werner LEMBERG]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/groff
Module name:    groff
Branch:         
Changes by:     Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> 05/02/01 08:13:30

Modified files:
        .              : ChangeLog 
        src/roff/groff : groff.man 

Log message:
        * src/roff/groff/groff.man: Add information about paper size.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/groff/groff/ChangeLog.diff?tr1=1.781&tr2=1.782&r1=text&r2=text
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/groff/groff/src/roff/groff/groff.man.diff?tr1=1.40&tr2=1.41&r1=text&r2=text

Patches:
Index: groff/ChangeLog
diff -u groff/ChangeLog:1.781 groff/ChangeLog:1.782
--- groff/ChangeLog:1.781       Tue Jan 25 20:39:14 2005
+++ groff/ChangeLog     Tue Feb  1 08:13:29 2005
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2004-02-01  Werner LEMBERG  <address@hidden>
+
+       * src/roff/groff/groff.man: Add information about paper size.
+
 2005-01-25  Werner LEMBERG  <address@hidden>
 
        * src/roff/nroff/nroff.sh: Handle `*.ISO8859-1' in locale.  From
@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@
 
 2004-12-16  Mike Bianchi  <address@hidden>
 
-       * configure.ac: Produce `contrib/gdiffml/tests/runtests'.
+       * configure.ac: Produce `contrib/gdiffmk/tests/runtests'.
        * configure: Updated.
 
 2004-12-15  Thomas Klausner  <address@hidden>
Index: groff/src/roff/groff/groff.man
diff -u groff/src/roff/groff/groff.man:1.40 groff/src/roff/groff/groff.man:1.41
--- groff/src/roff/groff/groff.man:1.40 Wed Jul 28 16:52:31 2004
+++ groff/src/roff/groff/groff.man      Tue Feb  1 08:13:30 2005
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 .ig
 groff.man
 
-Last update: 27 Jul 2004
+Last update: 01 Feb 2005
 
-Copyright (C) 1989, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1989, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 Rewritten in 2002 by Bernd Warken <address@hidden>
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -780,6 +780,48 @@
 .
 .
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
+.SS Paper Size
+.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
+.
+The
+.I virtual
+paper size used by
+.B troff
+to format the input is controlled globally with the requests
+.BR .po ,
+.BR .pl ,
+and
+.BR .ll .
+See
+.BR groff_tmac (@MAN5EXT@)
+for the `papersize' macro package which provides a convenient interface.
+.
+.P
+The
+.I physical
+paper size, giving the actual dimensions of the paper sheets, is
+controlled by output devices like
+.BR grops
+with the command line options
+.B \-p
+and
+.BR \-l .
+See
+.BR groff_font (@MAN5EXT@)
+and the man pages of the output devices for more details.
+.B groff
+uses the command line option
+.B \-P
+to pass options to output devices; for example, the following selects
+A4 paper in landscape orientation for the PS device:
+.
+.RS
+.P
+groff -Tps -P-pa4 -P-l .\|.\|.
+.RE
+.
+.
+.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .SS Front-ends
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
@@ -1525,7 +1567,7 @@
 .SH AUTHORS
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
-Copyright \(co 1989, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright \(co 1989, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .
 .P
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