On Mar 03 00:40 +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > A roff document can read from the number register (for example > using the \n espace sequence) but cannot change the value of > the register (for example, assigning to it with the .nr request > won't work). > > Yours, > Ingo
hello, i guess i'm looking for a glossary. for example, what's a request? how is it different from a macro? and why would one want to read the number register. i came across 'register' reading about font families. i can make the connection between what you're suggesting and what i have read here: <https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/html_node/Font-Families.html> "The value at start-up is ‘T’. The current font family is available in the read-only number register ‘.fam’ (this is a string-valued register); it is associated with the current environment."
