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1.1       root        1: .TH 450 1
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: 450 \- handle special functions of the DASI 450 terminal
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B 450
                      6: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      7: .I 450\^
                      8: supports special functions of, and optimizes the use of, the
                      9: .SM DASI
                     10: 450
                     11: terminal,
                     12: or any terminal that is functionally identical,
                     13: such as the
                     14: .SM DIABLO
                     15: 1620 or
                     16: .SM XEROX
                     17: 1700.
                     18: It converts half-line forward, half-line reverse, and full-line reverse
                     19: motions to the correct vertical motions.
                     20: It also
                     21: attempts to draw Greek letters and other special symbols
                     22: in the same manner as
                     23: .IR 300 (1).
                     24: .I 450\^
                     25: can be used
                     26: to print equations neatly, in the sequence:
                     27: .PP
                     28: .RS
                     29: neqn\| file\| .\|.\|.\| \(bv\| nroff\| \(bv\| 450
                     30: .RE
                     31: .PP
                     32: .SM WARNING:
                     33: make sure that the
                     34: .SM PLOT
                     35: switch on your terminal is
                     36: .SM ON
                     37: before
                     38: .I 450\^
                     39: is used.
                     40: The
                     41: .SM SPACING
                     42: switch should be put in the desired position (either 10- or 12-pitch).
                     43: In either case, vertical spacing is 6 lines/inch,
                     44: unless dynamically changed to 8 lines per inch by an appropriate escape sequence.
                     45: .PP
                     46: .I 450\^
                     47: can be used with the
                     48: .IR nroff (1)
                     49: .B \-s
                     50: flag or
                     51: .B \&.rd
                     52: requests, when it is necessary to insert paper manually or change fonts
                     53: in the middle of a document.
                     54: Instead of hitting the
                     55: return
                     56: key in these cases,
                     57: you must use the
                     58: line-feed
                     59: key to
                     60: get any response.
                     61: .PP
                     62: In many (but not all) cases, the use of
                     63: .I 450\^
                     64: can be eliminated in favor of one of the following:
                     65: .PP
                     66: .RS
                     67: nroff\| \-T450\| files\| .\|.\|.
                     68: .RE
                     69: or
                     70: .RS
                     71: nroff\| \-T450\-12\| files\| .\|.\|.
                     72: .RE
                     73: .PP
                     74: The use of
                     75: .I 450\^
                     76: can thus often be avoided unless
                     77: special delays or options are required;
                     78: in a few cases, however, the additional movement optimization of
                     79: .I 450\^
                     80: may produce better-aligned output.
                     81: .PP
                     82: The
                     83: .IR neqn (1)
                     84: names of, and
                     85: resulting output for, the Greek and special characters supported
                     86: by
                     87: .I 450\^
                     88: are shown in
                     89: .IR greek (7).
                     90: .SH SEE ALSO
                     91: .IR 300 (1),
                     92: .IR eqn (1),
                     93: .IR graph (1G),
                     94: .IR mesg (1),
                     95: .IR stty (1),
                     96: .IR tabs (1),
                     97: .IR tbl (1),
                     98: .IR tplot (1G),
                     99: .IR troff (1),
                    100: .IR greek (7).
                    101: .SH BUGS
                    102: Some special characters cannot be correctly printed in column 1
                    103: because the print head cannot be moved to the left from there.
                    104: .br
                    105: If your output contains Greek and/or reverse line-feeds,
                    106: use a friction-feed platen instead of a forms tractor;
                    107: although good enough for drafts,
                    108: the latter has a tendency to slip when reversing direction,
                    109: distorting Greek characters and misaligning the first line of text after one or more
                    110: reverse line-feeds.

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