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1.1       root        1: .TH READER 9.7
                      2: .CT 1 writing_output inst_info
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: reader \- electronic retrieval of typeset documents
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B reader
                      7: .I name
                      8: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      9: .I Reader
                     10: presents the named paper on a 5620 terminal in a form designed
                     11: for readability, not for similarity to the printed version.
                     12: The
                     13: .I name
                     14: is a pathname for a manuscript in the 
                     15: .IR papers (7)
                     16: database with
                     17: any final
                     18: .L .d
                     19: elided) or the name of a 
                     20: .IR troff (1)
                     21: input file.
                     22: Mouse button 1 selects subheads;
                     23: button 3 moves forward (`more') or backward (`less').
                     24: The program exits completely on button 2, or tentatively (to avoid
                     25: downloading upon reexecution) on button 3 (`done').
                     26: .PP
                     27: When the text in a screen overlaps text in a previous screen, a tick mark
                     28: in the bar (not a scroll bar) at the left of the screen shows where
                     29: new material begins.
                     30: .PP
                     31: Fully installed papers in the database, which appear as directories suffixed
                     32: .LR .d ,
                     33: have been preprocessed so that
                     34: .I reader
                     35: can present figures and complex equations.
                     36: In
                     37: .I troff
                     38: input, it understands straightforward text and 
                     39: .IR eqn (1),
                     40: the macro packages
                     41: .IR ms (6),
                     42: .I mm,
                     43: and
                     44: .I me,
                     45: but cannot handle arbitrary motions such as appear in figures and
                     46: complex equations.
                     47: .SH FILES
                     48: .TF /n/bowell/pap/Titles
                     49: .TP
                     50: .F /n/bowell/pap/Titles
                     51: titles, authors and installation dates
                     52: .TP
                     53: .F /n/bowell/pap/*org
                     54: membership list
                     55: .TP
                     56: .BI /n/bowell/pap/ center / department / author\f5/\fIpapername\fR[\f5.d\fR]
                     57: .SH SEE ALSO
                     58: .IR troff (1), 
                     59: .IR proof (9.1), 
                     60: .IR docsubmit (1), 
                     61: .IR papers (7)
                     62: .SH BUGS
                     63: Button 1 knows only already-read subheads unless the paper has been preprocessed.
                     64: .br
                     65: .I Reader
                     66: can only handle papers written in
                     67: .I troff
                     68: with standard
                     69: .RB ( -ms ,
                     70: .BR -mm ,
                     71: .BR -me )
                     72: macro packages.

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