runoff.special.characters

Command/Runoff: Commands, Releases: AP and R83

Special output control characters.

Description

are special characters available to the Runoff processor:
@, @^, @\, &, &^, &\, ^, ^^, \, \\, _, <, >.

Runoff features Special Control Characters for Upper/Lower Case Control, Underlining, Boldface Printing, Tabbing, and Special Character Override.

See Also

Command Name Type Description
runoff.@^ Command Turns on boldface mode.
runoff.\\ Command Turns off upper case mode.
runoff.^^ Command Activates upper case mode.
runoff.^ Command Prints next character in upper case.
runoff._ Command Treats following character as a literal.
runoff.commands Command List of Runoff commands.

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