From bda0c167e13282185609619c63dd0b12164ae3cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?John=20Ankarstr=C3=B6m?= Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 18:29:41 +0200 Subject: Rename to lightroff. --- README.x | 62 -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 62 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README.x (limited to 'README.x') diff --git a/README.x b/README.x deleted file mode 100644 index ea6bfc0..0000000 --- a/README.x +++ /dev/null @@ -1,62 +0,0 @@ - - - - - - - -\\fI\\$*\\fR<.> -\\f(BI\\$*\\fB<.> -\\f(CW\\$*\\fR<.> -\\f(CB\\$*\\fR<.> - - -, an alternative troff syntax -John Ankarström - - - -Introduction - is an alternative syntax for troff, visually inspired by SGML/XML. It differs from troff's default syntax in the following ways: - -Xroff requests begin with a less-than sign and end with a greater-than sign, e.g., >. These symbols may be escaped with a backslash.* -Xroff requests may be used inline. The following works as expected: bold\)">.** -Xroff ignores empty lines. -Default troff syntax may be used between and >. - -The similarities with XML end at the visual level. Unlike XML, xroff is unstructured and imperative. There is no concept of closing tags. - -For comparison, default troff requests begin with a newline and a control character, usually a period or an apostrophe, and end with another newline. - -Before an inline request, automatically inserts a escape when appropriate. - - -Example -\\fB\\$*\\fR<.> - -Example document -John Doe - -Pellentesque dapibus suscipit ligula. Donec posuere augue in quam. -Etiam vel tortor sodales tellus ultricies commodo. Suspendisse -potenti. Aenean in sem ac leo mollis blandit. Donec neque quam, -dignissim in, mollis nec, sagittis eu, wisi. - -Introduction - vel est convallis dignissim. Fusce suscipit, -wisi nec facilisis facilisis, est dui fermentum leo, quis tempor -ligula erat quis odio. Nunc porta vulputate tellus. -]> - - - -The program translates xroff source to troff source. - - - -For Emacs users, there is a major mode named that provides syntax highlighting for xroff source. To further improve the writing experience, I also recommend . - - -Caveats -Xroff does not treat indented lines specially. As such, indentation cannot be used to convey structure. -- cgit v1.2.3