






                                 RUNOFF

                              Version M03X



                                   by


                        Charles H. Spalding III

                             Unimation Inc.
                          1202 Charleston Road
                        Mountain View, CA 94043

                             (415) 965-0557
                       (8:30-10:00 Pacific time)


                             April 30, 1982




Here is yet another version of RUNOFF!  This version is the result of an
effort  to  achieve  the ability to produce an extensive customer system
manual without having to do any manual editing  of  the  RUNOFF  output.
Toward  that end, several new commands have been added, several existing
commands have been enhanced, and many bugs have been fixed.  

This version is derived from the current "official" DECUS version,  M02.
There  are  still  several features I plan to include.  I also intend to
review as many other versions as I can, to see what features  should  be
extracted  from them.  The ultimate intention is to submit a new version
to the DECUS library.  (I am open to  suggestions  as  to  how  to  best
proceed with the whole issue of RUNOFF support.)  

There are undoubtedly bugs in this version.  I would  appreciate  it  if
bugs  were reported.  There may also be differences of opinion about how
certain features should behave.  Please report any characteristics which
seem  undesirable.  The preferred method of reporting these things is to
send annotated copies of the input and output.  

Almost all changes to the  code  have  been  made  with  assembly-switch
control  so  that undesired changes can be easily removed.  It should be
noted, however, that there is a good chance that  bugs  will  appear  if
current  features  are  disabled.  There are many interactions, and they
may not be handled correctly in all combinations.  


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One final caveat:  this version has been used  only  under  RSX-11M.   I
have  no  idea  whether it will still run correctly under RSTS or IAS --
presumably it will.  

The user's manual has been edited extensively  to  correct  errors,  add
clarity  (hopefully),  and  document  changes  to  the program.  (Option
"switches"  within  the  RNO  file  select  inclusion  or  exclusion  of
directions for working under RSX or RSTS.)  

The following sections very briefly describe some of the  changes  made.
An  annotated list of the files in this submittal is included at the end
of this document.  


Significant feature enhancements in this version include:  

     1.  The task now expands  itself  when  the  index/footnote  buffer
         fills.   Thus,  RNO now does not occupy any more memory than it
         actually needs.  

     2.  An assortment of functions  have  been  added  for  making  the
         output  alternate  left/right for reproduction on both sides of
         the page.  

     3.  Multiple input files can be specified.  

     4.  Points at which a word can  be  hyphenated  can  be  explicitly
         specified (to overrule RUNOFF's error-prone algorithm).  

     5.  The index can include subentries, as well  as  entries  without
         page references (for headings above subentries).  

     6.  A base left margin can be set from which the text  margins  are
         measured.  

     7.  Command syntax is now the same for all  commands  with  similar
         argument combinations.  

     8.  Sections of the input can be set off with command-line  control
         over whether or not they are to be included in the output.


The following list summarizes the new commands which have been added:  

     ALTERNATE               - control left/right alternation of the
     NO ALTERNATE              page header, with optional additional
                               offset of odd-numbered pages

     ALTERNATING TITLE       - control mode which places subtitle on
     NO ALTERNATING TITLE      the top line of odd-numbered pages in
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     AUTOSUBTITLE            - controls setting of subtitle by HEADER
                               LEVEL commands

     ENTRY                   - records an index entry without a page
                               reference

     EVEN                    - used to force output to an even-numbered
     ODD                       or odd-numbered page, respectively

     FLAGS SUBINDEX          - control special character (">") for
     NO FLAGS SUBINDEX         indicating index subentries

     FOOTNOTE LINE           - specifies characteristcs of line
                               automatically output above footnote(s)

     INCLUDE                 - control processing of optional sections
     EXCLUDE                   of the input file
     OPTION
     ELSE
     END OPTION

     LAYOUT                  - sets layout of the output on the page,
                               including top margin and base left margin

     PAGE NAME               - sets text string to be used as prefix
                               for page numbers

     QUOTE CHARACTER         - assigns character to be used for the
                               quote character (normally "_")
      
     RIGHT JUSTIFY           - pushes line of text against right margin


The following switches can now be specified on the command line:  

     /AP                     - append the output to an existing file
      
     /BL:n                   - output  n  blank lines in chapter header
      
     /CH:m:n                 - limit output to chapters  m  through  n
      
     /DO:n                   - set top margin to  n  lines
      
     /EX:m,n,...             - set options to "exclude"
      
     /HL:n                   - set length of page header to  n  lines
      
     /IN:m,n,...             - set options to "include"
      
     /LE:n                   - set base left margin to  n  spaces
      

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     /LO:n                   - set page length to  n  lines
      
     /WI:n                   - set default right margin to  n

Several of these switches override  corresponding  commands  within  the
input file.  


If you have existing RNO files which you would like to use with this new
version  of  RUNOFF,  the following changes should yield essentially the
same output as from version M02.  

     At the start of the input, add:     .LAYOUT 1
                                         .HEADER UPPER,4
                                         .FOOTNOTE LINE
                                         .NO FLAGS SUBINDEX
      
     Replace ".NUMBER 0" with:           .NUMBER 1
      
     After every NUMBER command except
             NUMBER 0, add:              .NUMBER +1
      
     After every END LIST command, add:  .BLANK
      
     No commands can occur between an INDENT command and the text to be
             indented.
      
     On the command line, use:           /BL:11


Files included in this submittal:  

     README.1ST      This document
      
     CHANGES.        Complete list of changes made to RUNOFF
      
     FILES.          Lists of source files affected by each change
      
     RUNOFF.DOC      Updated user's manual for RUNOFF
      
     RUNOFF.RNO      RUNOFF input file for user's manual
      
     *.MAC           Source code
      
     RNO.OLB         Object library for configuration documented in
                             RUNOFF.DOC
      
     RNOASM.CMD      Command file for assembling all modules
      
     NEW.CMD         Command file for replacing a module in RNO.OLB
      

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     RNOBLD.CMD      Command file for task building RUNOFF
      
     RNOBLD.ODL      Overlay description for task building RUNOFF


Unfortunately I have not been able to prepare a document  detailing  the
steps  for  task  building  the  program.   Presumably recipients of the
symposium tape won't need help with that.
