."\ Master source for le manual : /usr/src/local/man/src/le.rof
.TH LE P " V1.0 29 June 89 for Prog. V1.1" "Julian Stacey" "Julian Stacey, Vector Systems Ltd"
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.SH NAME
le \- Extract a language (or variant) from a combined text.

.SH SYNTAX
.B le
[-e -g or -other_single_character] [ - or file names ]

.SH SUMMARY

.I Le
extracts the language (or variant) you specify, plus common text,
from the input.
.I Le
allows a single file to hold a document in several different languages (or variants),
allowing easier simultaneous update, without having to continuosly
toggle an editor between several different files during updates.
.I Le
can be used as a pre filter to a text formatting program such as
.I nroff.

.SH DESCRIPTION

.I Le
is not a standard Unix command, it is unique to VSL systems with the Ournix overlay.

.br
Parameters must precede file names.

.SH EXAMPLE

Typical input could be :-
.in +5
.nf
ABC CONFERENCE 1989
{E
We have something to increase
}E
{G
Wir haben etwas um den Verkauf vom
}G
Msdos
{E
computer sales:
}E
{G
Computern zu steigern:
}G
Vector Systems Ltd `Ournix' Software Tools
.fi
.in -5

A typical command to process this input would be :-
.ti +5
le -e input.rof | nroff

Output from
.I le
would be :-
.in +5
.nf
ABC CONFERENCE 1989
We have something to increase
Msdos
computer sales:
Vector Systems Ltd `Ournix' Software Tools
.fi
.in -5
After going through the
.I nroff
formatter as well, it would become :
.in +5
ABC CONFERENCE 1989
We have something to increase
Msdos
computer sales:
Vector Systems Ltd `Ournix' Software Tools
.in -5

Other typical input could be :-
.in +5
.nf
All drills have electronic speed control.
{D
Our domestic drill is light to carry, with a plastic housing
}D
{I
Our industrial range have alloy chassises, & are shock proof.
}I
All equipment comes with our standard
{D
one year domestic
}D
{I
three month industrial 
}I
use Guarantee.
.fi
.in -5

Note an ivocation such as le -fred is treated as le -f,
(to allow usage in such as "le -`hostname -s`").
Also trailing letters in data structure are allowed, eg
	{vector
	xdm*background:                 white
	}vector
	{gate
	xdm*background:                 green
	}gate

.sp
Note le -e is currently the same as le -E,
but case sensitivity will be added, + 0-9.


.SH HOST OP SYSTEM

This utility runs on both Msdos 3.2 & Unix UCB BSD 4.2.

.SH AUTHOR
.so author.jhs

.SH SEE ALSO
nroff(1), brackets(P).
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