--- vnroff.1.orig Tue Nov 27 17:28:57 2001 +++ vnroff.1 Tue Nov 27 17:29:35 2001 @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ .TH vnroff 1 .SH NAME -vnroff \- Vietnamese pre-processor for troff +vnroff \- Vietnamese pre-processor for groff .SH SYNTAX .B vnroff -filename | troff [\fItroff-options\fR] +filename | groff [\fIgroff-options\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION -.NXB "troff command" +.NXB "groff command" This program processes a text file with special Vietnamese character -sequences giving an output suitable for -.I troff(1) +sequences (VIQR syntax) giving an output suitable for +.I groff(1) processing. The output should work for all point sizes supported by -.I troff(1) +.I groff(1) .sp The default diacritical marks are defined as: .br - Dau_Sac \\ + Dau_Sac \' Dau_Huyen ` Dau_Hoi ? Dau_Nga ~ @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Dau_Mu ^ Dau_Trang ( Dau_Rau + - Escape_Symbol # + Escape_Symbol \\ .sp .SH SPELLING RULES Only one diacritical mark: @@ -34,16 +34,31 @@ .br vowel followed by Dau_Mu, Dau_Trang, Dau_Rau then other symbols. .sp -DD and dd: self-explanatory, you have to type DD or dd, +DD and dd: self-explanatory, .br - Dd or dD will not work. You can change the code to ignore this. + the resulting case is the same as the first character of the sequence. .sp The Escape_Symbol is provided to avoid the confusion between the diacritical marks and end-of-sentence symbols. .br i.e: the question Anh ddi dda^u? .br - should be typed Anh ddi dda^u#? + should be typed Anh ddi dda^u\\? +.SH SEE ALSO +groff(1), +troff(1) +.SH STANDARDS +Vietnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange (VISCII version 1.1, 1992) + http://www.vietstd.org/. +.PP +RFC 1456 Vietnamese Standardization Working Group, +"Conventions for Encoding the Vietnamese Language +.br +VISCII: VIetnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange +.br +VIQR: VIetnamese Quoted-Readable Specification Revision 1.1", +.br +May 1993. .SH AUTHORS Written in Pascal by Hu+~u (University of California at Berkeley). Converted to C & modified by Tra^`n H. Nha^n (Concurrent Computer).