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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man9/reader.9 b/static/unix-v10/man9/reader.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f5216b28 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man9/reader.9 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +.TH READER 9.7 +.CT 1 writing_output inst_info +.SH NAME +reader \- electronic retrieval of typeset documents +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B reader +.I name +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Reader +presents the named paper on a 5620 terminal in a form designed +for readability, not for similarity to the printed version. +The +.I name +is a pathname for a manuscript in the +.IR papers (7) +database with +any final +.L .d +elided) or the name of a +.IR troff (1) +input file. +Mouse button 1 selects subheads; +button 3 moves forward (`more') or backward (`less'). +The program exits completely on button 2, or tentatively (to avoid +downloading upon reexecution) on button 3 (`done'). +.PP +When the text in a screen overlaps text in a previous screen, a tick mark +in the bar (not a scroll bar) at the left of the screen shows where +new material begins. +.PP +Fully installed papers in the database, which appear as directories suffixed +.LR .d , +have been preprocessed so that +.I reader +can present figures and complex equations. +In +.I troff +input, it understands straightforward text and +.IR eqn (1), +the macro packages +.IR ms (6), +.I mm, +and +.I me, +but cannot handle arbitrary motions such as appear in figures and +complex equations. +.SH FILES +.TF /n/bowell/pap/Titles +.TP +.F /n/bowell/pap/Titles +titles, authors and installation dates +.TP +.F /n/bowell/pap/*org +membership list +.TP +.BI /n/bowell/pap/ center / department / author\f5/\fIpapername\fR[\f5.d\fR] +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR troff (1), +.IR proof (9.1), +.IR docsubmit (1), +.IR papers (7) +.SH BUGS +Button 1 knows only already-read subheads unless the paper has been preprocessed. +.br +.I Reader +can only handle papers written in +.I troff +with standard +.RB ( -ms , +.BR -mm , +.BR -me ) +macro packages. |
