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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ .t .x Mg , a simple macro package for troff -.d "John Ankarstr\[u00F6]m" +.d John\ Ankarstr\(:om .d . . @@ -362,18 +362,17 @@ for advanced documents. Frequently anticipated questions . .s -How do I set the default font family, point size, indentation -of a document? +How do I customize the default appearance of a document? .p -All environment settings\c +All environment settings, +like point size, font family and indentation\c .( For a complete list of settings that are associated with the environment, -see 5.26\ Environments in the full GNU troff manual +see 5.26\~Environments in the full GNU troff manual .nh .c "info '(groff.\:info)Environments'" ). ( .hy -.) -such as these +.) , are configured with the standard troff requests. If you set the point size at the beginning of the document, before any @@ -397,6 +396,36 @@ you would start the document like this: \&.vs 12p . .s +How do I customize the default appearance of a given environment? +.p +To configure the layout and font settings of a specific environment, +you can switch to that environment and use the relevant troff requests: +.l +\&.q +\&.ps +1p +.p +If you are merely configuring the environment +without printing anything in it, +you can also use the +.c _e +macro: +.l +\&._e q +\&.ps +1p +. +.s +How do I customize the default appearance of the margin text? +.l +\&._E _m \\" margin environment +\&.ps +1p +. +.s +How do I customize the default appearance of footnotes? +.l +\&._E _f \\" footnote environment +\&.ps +1p +. +.s How do I prevent a section from being broken up by a page break? .p Some macro packages have a concept of @@ -452,8 +481,22 @@ copy environment (same as .p The .c _e +macro can be used to activate any environment that supports .i mg 's extensions (see .i Environments above). +The following code configures an environment called +.c n +and defines a corresponding macro: +.l +\&._e n +\&. _ec 0 \\" copy default environment +\&. ps -1p +\&._e +\&. +\&.de n +\&. br \\" finish current environment +\&. _e n \\" activate new environment +\&.. |