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GNU Info (groff)Setting RegistersSetting Registers ----------------- Define or set registers using the `nr' request or the `\R' escape. - Request: .nr ident value - Escape: \R'IDENT VALUE' Set number register IDENT to VALUE. If IDENT doesn't exist, `gtroff' creates it. The argument to `\R' usually has to be enclosed in quotes. Note: Escapes, for details on parameter delimiting characters. For example, the following two lines are equivalent: .nr a 1 \R'a 1' Both `nr' and `\R' have two additional special forms to increment or decrement a register. - Request: .nr ident +value - Request: .nr ident -value - Escape: \R'IDENT +VALUE' - Escape: \R'IDENT -VALUE' Increment (decrement) register IDENT by VALUE. .nr a 1 .nr a +1 \na => 2 To assign the negated value of a register to another register, some care must be taken to get the desired result: .nr a 7 .nr b 3 .nr a -\nb \na => 4 .nr a (-\nb) \na => -3 The surrounding parentheses prevent the interpretation of the minus sign as a decrementing operator. An alternative is to start the assignment with a `0': .nr a 7 .nr b -3 .nr a \nb \na => 4 .nr a 0\nb \na => -3 - Request: .rr ident Remove number register IDENT. If IDENT doesn't exist, the request is ignored. - Request: .rnn ident1 ident2 Rename number register IDENT1 to IDENT2. If either IDENT1 or IDENT2 doesn't exist, the request is ignored. - Request: .aln ident1 ident2 Create an alias IDENT1 for a number register IDENT2. The new name and the old name are exactly equivalent. If IDENT1 is undefined, a warning of type `reg' is generated, and the request is ignored. Note: Debugging, for information about warnings. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |