XEmacs Reference Manual - Nroff Mode Go to the previous , next section. Nroff Mode Nroff mode is a mode like Text mode but modified to handle nroff commands present in the text. Nroff mode differs from Text mode in only a few ways. All nroff command lines are considered paragraph separators, so that filling never garbles the nroff commands.
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An argument is a repeat count. The other feature of Nroff mode is Electric Nroff newline mode. When the mode is on and you use RET to end a line containing an nroff command that opens a kind of grouping, Emacs automatically inserts the matching nroff command to close that grouping on the following line. Go to the previous , next section.