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tools/dsr/dsrinp.hlp
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Summary of DSR input file commands. All start with "." in column 1.
AX,APPENDIX start next appendix with rest of line as name
AP,AUTOPARAGRAPH treat leading spaces as new paragraph
AUTOSUBTITLE n Promote header levels through n to subtitles.
AT,AUTOTABLE treat lines without leading space as new paragraph
BB,BEGIN BAR start a change bar
B,BLANK n skip n lines
BR,BREAK start new output line
C,CENTER,CENTRE n center the next line around column n/2
CH,CHAPTER start new chapter with rest of line as name
COMMENT ignore this command
CC,CONTROL CHARACTERS allow control characters
DATE Put date on subtitle line under page number
DBB,DISABLE BAR set to ignore change bars
DISABLE yyy Don't do anything specified by yyy. yyy can be
UNDERLINING, BOLDING, OVERSTRIKING, INDEXING, TOC,
HYPHENATION
DISPLAY xxx dd Where xxx is CHAPTER, APPENDIX, SUBPAGE, NUMBER
and dd is a display descriptor. Display xxx as
defined by dd.
DISPLAY ELEMENTS "l",dd,"r" Display list elements for current list as
defined by dd, and surrounded by the characters l
and r.
DISPLAY LEVELS dd1,....dd6 Display descriptors for parts 1-6 of a header
level number.
DX,DO INDEX output index with rest of line as title
ELSE name change sense of IF/IFNOT
EBB,ENABLE BAR set to allow change bars
ENABLE yyy Resume doing what's specified by yyy. yyy can be
UNDERLINING, BOLDING, OVERSTRIKING, INDEXING, TOC,
HYPHENATION
EI,ENDIF name ends conditional input
EB,END BAR end change bar
END FOOTNOTE terminate a footnote definition
ELS,END LIST end a list
EL,END LITERAL terminate a literal block of text
EN,END NOTE terminate a NOTE command
ES,END SUBPAGE stop subpage numbering (resumes page)
Y,ENTRY same as SUBINDEX, but no page reference attached
FG,FIGURE n make space for n line figure
FIGURE DEFERRED n same except maybe on next page
F,FILL resume filling and justifying each line
FT,FIRST TITLE include title on first page
FLAGS ALL enable existing flag characters
FL,FLAGS type ch change flag character to ch
FN,FOOTNOTE n start n line footnote (input until ! in col.1)
HD,HEADER x issue "page" in x (UPPER,LOWER,MIXED) case
HL,HEADER LEVEL n start section at level n(1-5); rest is name
IF name start conditional input if VARIANT name
IN,IFNOT name start conditional input if not VARIANT name
I,INDENT n indent next line
IX,INDEX insert rest of this line in index
J,JUSTIFY resume justifying text
LO, LAYOUT n Choose page arrangement "n". 0 is standard (and
default). 1 means center title/subtitle at top,
page number at bottom. 2 is like 2, except
title/subtitle flip, being right for odd pages,
left for even ones. If n neq 0, specify
additional parameter, number of lines in footer.
L,LEFT n start next line n cols from left margin
LM,LEFT MARGIN n set left margin
LS,LIST n start list of items with spacing n
LE,LIST ELEMENT start of item in a list
LT,LITERAL n start a literal block of text n lines long
LC,LOWER CASE start footnotes and text in lower case (\\)
NAP,NO AUTOPARAGRAPH stop autoparagraph mode
NAT,NO AUTOTABLE stop autotable mode
NAST,NO AUTOSUBTITLE don't promote header levels to subtitles
NCC,NO CONTROL CHARACTERS don't allow control characters
NF,NO FILL stop fill and justify
NO DATE Turn off .DATE
NO FLAGS ALL disable existing flag characters except .!
NFL,NO FLAGS type don't use flag character type
NHD,NO HEADER suppress page headers
NJ,NO JUSTIFY stop justifying
NNM,NO NUMBER stop page numbering
NPA,NO PAGING stop spliting into pages
NPR,NO PERIOD stop double spacing after period,excl.,ques.,etc.
NSP,NO SPACE suppress space on this end of line
NST,NO SUBTITLE suppress subtitles
NT,NOTE text start indented note with heading "text" centered
NM,NUMBER n resume page numbering at page n
NUMBER APPENDIX n set chapter to appendix n
NUMBER CHAPTER n set chapter number to n
NUMBER INDEX set chapter number to "INDEX"
NUMBER LEVEL a,b,c... set next HEADER LEVEL to a.b.c...
NUMBER LIST d,c set list counter depth d to c
NUMBER PAGE n resume page numbering at page n
NUMBER SUBPAGE ch set subpage number to ch (A-Z)
PG,PAGE start new page
PS,PAGE SIZE n,m paper is n lines by m columns
PAPER SIZE n,m " " " " " " "
PA,PAGING resume breaking into pages
P,PARAGRAPH n,v,t start new paragraph (.I n, .S v, .TP t)
PR,PERIOD DOUBLE space after .!?:;
PX,PRINT INDEX start printing index
REQ,REQUIRE "file spec" Process specified file
R,RIGHT n right adjust next line n cols left of margin
RM,RIGHT MARGIN n set right margin
SET DATE dd,mm,yy dd, mm, and yy are numbers indicating day, month,
and year to be used in the date. Give nothing to
get system date (default).
SET TIME hh,mm,ss hh, mm, and ss are numbers indicating hours,
minutes, and seconds to be used in the time. Give
nothing to get system time (default).
SET PARAGRAPH Same parameters as .PARAGRAPH, but doesn't start a
paragraph, just sets characteristics
STC,SEND TOC n,text Send text to .BTC file and associate "n" with it.
S,SKIP n skip n*spacing lines
SP,SPACING n set spacing (default=1)
SD,STANDARD n standard setup of width n
STYLE HEADERS r,u,c Run-on header levels starting with depth r. Upper
case levels through u. Capitalize levels through
u.
X,SUBINDEX index with ">" used to delimit sub-indices
SPG,SUBPAGE start sub-page numbering
ST,SUBTITLE USE rest of line as subtitle
SUBTTL " " " " " "
TS,TAB STOPS n,n,... set tab stops
TP,TEST PAGE n skip to new page if fewer than n lines left
T,TITLE USE rest of line as title
UC,UPPER CASE start footnotes and text in upper case (^^)
VR,VARIABLE name ch ch declare variable with on/off flags ch, ch
They can be abbreviated if unique. Numeric arguments can be preceeded
by + or -. ch is any character. Flag types are BOLD, BREAK,
CAPITALIZE, COMMENT, CONTROL, ENDFOOTNOTE, HYPHENATE, INDEX, LOWERCASE,
OVERSTRIKE, PERIOD, QUOTE, SPACE, SUBINDEX, SUBSTITUTE, UNDERLINE, or
UPPERCASE.
Special text characters (except in literal blocks):
_ take next character as text (quote)
^ upper case next character (uppercase)
upper case lock
\ lower case next character (lowercase)
lower case lock
# unexpandable space (space)
+ use end of sentence spacing (period)
% print following character on top of preceeding (overstrike)
* bold next character (bold)
& underline next character (underline)
^& underline lock on
\& underline unlock (off)
^* bolding lock on
\* bolding unlock
$ insert text (substitute)
= insert a hyphen here (hyphenate)
| break word without a space (break)
> (initially off) index following word (index)
< (initially off) capitalize all of following word (capitalize)
! (col. 1) end footnote (endfootnote)
. (col. 1) command line (control)
Say .FLAG SUBSTITUTE and then use $$DATE, $$TIME, $$HOURS, $$MINUTES,
$$SECONDS $$DAY, $$MONTH, $$YEAR to generate these items as specified by
.SET DATE and .SET TIME
Display descriptor dd can be
D Decimal
O Octal
H Hex
RL Roman numerals, lower case
RU Roman numerals, upper case
RM Roman numerals, mixed case
LL Letters, lower case
LU Letters, upper case
LM Letters, mixed case