.HL 1 SPECIAL CHARACTERS 
.INDEX SPECIAL CHARACTERS 
.helpb Flag__characters
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Underline Space Accept Uppercase Lowercase Control
Capitalize Hyphenation Break Overstrike Period Equation Index User__defined
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.helpc Underline
.q _&##Ampersand#####UNDERLINE
.p.index Underline flag
The character ampersand "_&" is used to specify underlining. The ampersand
will cause the character following it to be underlined, e.g.#_&f_&o_&o becomes
^&foo\&. To begin underlining a whole section of text you precede the section
by _^_& and follow the section by _\_&.  Any spaces in the section will not be
underlined.  To underline a single space or tab precede it by _&. Text with
imbedded spaces may be underlined spaces and all by issuing the command
_.UNDERLINE " ".  You may specify which characters may or may not be 
underlined by the _.UNDERLINE and _.NO UNDERLINE commands.
.i5;(In DSR you underline spaces by preceding them with an accept flag "__".)
.helpc Space
.q  _###Number-Sign###Quoted or non expandable SPACE
.index Space>non expandable
It is occasionally necessary to include spaces in the text which should not be
treated as word separators. For this purpose, RUNOFF treats the number-sign
character "_#" as a quoted space; i.e. it will print as exactly one space in
the output. Normal spaces may be expanded to multiple spaces to justify the
text, but quoted spaces may not be expanded.  Also normal spaces mark the end
of the previous word and the beginning of the next.  Text with imbedded quoted
spaces are not be broken at the quoted spaces and split into separate lines. 
.helpc Accept
.q  __##Underline#####ACCEPT or Quote character
.index Quote flag
.p.index Accept flag 
To allow the appearance of the special characters (ampersand, number-sign,
circumflex, or back-slash) in the output, the underscore character "__" is used
as an accept flag. The character immediately following an underscore will
be transmitted to the output with no formatting effect. The underscore itself
is thus another case requiring quoting. The following 12 cases occur: 
.c; ___& ___^ ___\ ____ ___$ ___| ___= ___% ___< ___# ___{ ___} 
If normal spaces or tabs are preceded by an ACCEPT character they are
converted to non expandable spaces.
.helpc Uppercase
.q  _^##Circumflex####UPPERCASE shift or mode lock 
.paragraph.x Uppercase flag
As described above, the circumflex character "_^" is used to convert the
letter following to upper-case.  It is also used to lock the case mode in
upper case, and the underline mode to "underline all text". If it is to appear
in the printed text, it must be preceded by the quote character "___^". 
User-defined special flags may be locked on using the circumflex.  For example
if your printer supports bolding "_^_*" would be used to turn on bolding.
.helpc Lowercase
.q  _\###Backslash####LOWERCASE shift or mode unlock 
.p.x Lowercase flag
As described above, the backslash character "_\" is used to output 
the letter following in lower-case.  It is also used to lock the 
case mode in lower-case, and to disable underlining. 
If it is to appear in the printed text, it must be preceded 
by the quote character "___\". 
It is also used to turn off special features, for example "_\_*" would be
used to turn off bolding if your printer supports it.
.helpc Capitalize
.q  _<##Less-than#####CAPITALIZE next word 
.p.x Capitalize flag
If _.FLAGS CAPITALIZE has been defined, the less-than 
character "_<" is a special character used to capitalize 
the entire word it preceds.  If it is to appear in the printed text, 
it must be preceded by the quote character "___<". 
An appearance of a circumflex followed by less than "_^_<" permanently locks 
Runoff into capitalize mode.  This may be cancelled by a double 
circumflex "_^_^". 
This flag is not normally used with terminals that have lowercase.
.helpc Hyphenation
.q  _=##Equals-sign###HYPHENATE character 
.p.x Hyphenate flag
If _.FLAGS HYPHENATE has been specified the equals character "_=" used to
control hyphenation. If it preceds a word the word will not be hyphenated.
If it is imbedded inside a word it specifies where that word may be 
hyphenated.  The word is only hyphenated if necessary to fill out a line.
When hyphenation is specified for a word no automatic hyphenation is used.
If this appears at the end of a line it specifies that the next line is
a continuation of the current one and that a hyphen may appear at this point.
If _= is to appear in the printed text, it must be preceded by the quote
character "___=".
.helpc Overstrike
.q  _%##Percent-Sign###OVERSTRIKE character 
.p.x Overstrike flag
If _.FLAGS OVERSTRIKE has been defined, the percent character "_%" will
generate a backspace to allow overstriking the previous character to form new
composite characters.  If overstriking is defined and you wish to use the
percent in the text then it must be preceded by an underscore "___%".
The default is _.NO FLAGS OVERSTRIKE. Multiple backspaces may be generated. 
You should be careful when using this feature.  Backspacing past the left
margin is not allowed, and some printers do not support backspacing. 
.i5;(DSR doesn't support multiple backspacing)
.helpc Period
.q  _+##Plus###PERIOD character
.p.x Period flag
If _.FLAGS PERIOD has been defined the plus-Sign "_+" will generate an extra 
space if followed by a normal space.  For example J_+#M will appear in the
output as J##M. 
.helpc Control
.q  _.##Period###CONTROL character 
.p.x Control flag
This flag marks the rest of a line as a control or command if it appears 
at the beginning of a line. 
.helpc Substitute
.q  _$##Dollar-Sign###SUBSTITUTE character 
.index Substitute character 
.s.x Substitute flag
If _.FLAGS SUBSTITUTE has been enabled then the dollar sign marks 
the beginning of a substitution label.  Runoff will then substitute 
some specified text for the label.  The text may be specified by the 
_.DEFINE SUBSTITUTE command. 
Permanently defined substitutions are already available for the current
date and time.  See: _.FLAGS SUBSTITUTE.
.helpc Break
.q  _|##Vertical bar###BREAK character 
.p.x Break flag
If _.FLAGS BREAK is enabled this character marks where a word or expression 
may be broken.  A word containing a break will not be hyphenated, but will 
be broken if necessary.  Words may contain both specified hyphenation and
break points.  You may automatically specify breaks on a character by using
the _.AUTOBREAK command. This flag also marks where a string is justified if
_.TAB RIGHT is enabled. 
If this appears at the end of a line it specifies that the next line is
a continuation of the current one.
.helpc Index
.q  _>##Greater than###INDEX/SUBINDEX flags
.p.x Index flag
.x Subindex flag
If _.FLAGS INDEX is enabled, this character may be used to mark terms to be
indexed.  If _.FLAGS SUBINDEX is enabled, the character may be used inside
a _.INDEX command to denote subindex terms.
For further explanation see the section on indexing.
.helpc Equation
.q  _{ _} Braces###EQUATION formatting characters
.p.x Equation flags
If _.FLAGS EQUATION is enabled these characters are used to delimit either
the numerator or denominator of a fraction.  The numerator and denominator
are further separated by a slash "/".
.br;(Not available in DSR)
.helpc User__defined
.q   ????  User defined flags
The user may define any other special character as a flag by using the _.FLAGS
SPECIAL or _.FLAGS ESCAPE commands. Any flag so defined obeys the printing
rules defined above. The meaning of the flag is entirely up to the user.
.br;(Not available in DSR)
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.helpc NOTE
.NOTE 
All of these flags may be undefined by a _.NO FLAGS command.  They may be 
defined and changed to a different character by a _.FLAGS command.  For 
example if you use the equals sign frequently you may change the hyphenation 
flag to the tilde which you seldom use by entering the following line: 
.i5;_.FLAGS HYPHENATE _~ 
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