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RUNOFF.DOC -- DIGITAL Standard Runoff Version V2.1-03           Page 1
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1.0  SUMMARY

For Version 5.1 of TOPS-20,  the  command  RUNOFF  invokes  the  text-
processing  program  DIGITAL  Standard  Runoff  (DSR). This version of
Runoff is now fully supported by DIGITAL on both TOPS-20 and  VAX/VMS.
It  replaces  both  the  old,  MACRO-10 version of Runoff (here called
RUNOFF/10) and the earlier, unsupported versions of  DSR  provided  on
CUSP tapes since TOPS-20 Version V4.0.

Files prepared for RUNOFF/10 should produce identical output  in  most
cases  when  processed through DIGITAL Standard Runoff. For a detailed
list of the (mostly minor) differences, see the BEWARE file  provided,
RUNOFF.BWR.

DIGITAL Standard Runoff is a  native  TOPS-20  program.  It  processes
files  with  long  TOPS-20  names.  When run interactively, it has the
usual TOPS-20 command completion and incremental help facilities.


2.0  EXTERNAL CHANGES

See the Beware file provided, RUNOFF.BWR, for a detailed list  of  the
differences  in  processing  between  RUNOFF/10  and  DIGITAL Standard
Runoff.

External differences between DSR V1.125 and the current V2.1-03 are:

  1.  V1.125 was  a  TOPS-10  compatibility  program.  V2.1-03  has  a
      TOPS-20 native command-line interface.

  2.  In V1.125, multiple footnotes that were  cumulatively  too  long
      for  the  current  page would be deferred to the next page; they
      would not  be  separated.  This  would  sometimes  result  in  a
      "cascade"  in  which  all  footnotes  appeared at the end of the
      document. In V2.1-03, multiple footnotes  are  distributed  over
      several pages when necessary if there is not room on the current
      page.

  3.  In V1.125, header-level text longer than the current margins was
      output as-is, violating the margin, without an error message. In
      V2.1-03, such long header-level text wraps and fills between the
      margins.


3.0  KNOWN BUGS AND DEFICIENCIES

If you interrupt DSR with CTRL/C while at the RUNOFF> prompt, and then
use  CONTINUE, the program does not reprompt. Use CTRL/R at this point
to retrieve the prompt. This problem will be fixed in a later version.

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4.0  INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Does not apply; DSR is installed as part of the utilities bundled with
the monitor.


5.0  INTERNAL CHANGES

DSR is a complete rewrite of RUNOFF/10.

Many internal changes have been made in DSR  between  V1.125  and  the
present  DSR  V2.1-03;  with  the exception of those noted above, they
should not be visible to the user.


6.0  SUGGESTIONS

6.1  How To Tell Whether You Are Running RUNOFF/10 Or DSR

DSR's prompt is "RUNOFF>", while that of RUNOFF/10 is "*".

DSR's version number  is  2(103),  as  shown  by  INFORMATION  (ABOUT)
VERSION.  Also,  if  you  specify the /LOG switch when running DSR, it
reports its version number upon termination as V2.1-03 (by default  it
does not report it).

DSR is a native TOPS-20  program,  so  incremental  help  and  command
completion should quickly tell you if you are in fact running DSR.


6.2  List Of New DSR Commands Not Present In RUNOFF/10

For convenience, we  provide  here  the  following  list  of  new  DSR
commands  beyond those available in RUNOFF/10. See the TOPS-20 DIGITAL
Standard Runoff (DSR) User's Guide, order number AA-N389A-TM, for full
descriptions of the functions of these commands.

.AUTOJUSTIFY            .NO AUTOJUSTIFY
.AUTOSUBTITLE           .NO AUTOSUBTITLE
.DATE                   .NO DATE
.DISPLAY APPENDIX 
.DISPLAY CHAPTER 
.DISPLAY ELEMENTS
.DISPLAY SUBPAGE
.ENABLE BOLDING         .DISABLE BOLDING
.ENABLE HYPHENATION     .DISABLE HYPHENATION
.ENABLE INDEXING        .DISABLE INDEXING
.ENABLE OVERSTRIKING    .DISABLE OVERSTRIKING
.ENABLE TOC             .DISABLE TOC
.ENABLE UNDERLINING     .DISABLE UNDERLINING
.ENTRY 
.FLAGS ACCEPT           .NO FLAGS ACCEPT
.FLAGS BOLD             .NO FLAGS BOLD
.FLAGS BREAK            .NO FLAGS BREAK
.FLAGS COMMENT          .NO FLAGS COMMENT
.FLAGS HYPHENATE        .NO FLAGS HYPHENATE

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.FLAGS OVERSTRIKE       .NO FLAGS OVERSTRIKE
.FLAGS PERIOD           .NO FLAGS PERIOD
.FLAGS SUBSTITUTE       .NO FLAGS SUBSTITUTE
.KEEP                   .NO KEEP
.LAYOUT 
.NUMBER RUNNING
.REPEAT 
.REQUIRE 
.SEND TOC 
.SET DATE
.SET LEVEL 
.SET PARAGRAPH
.SET TIME 
.STYLE HEADERS
.XLOWER                 .XUPPER

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