KAL

Primitive Markup

Early markup languages like RUNOFF used special words at the beginning of a line to control the formatting:

.ctr Primitive Markup

.sp 2

RUNOFF is one of the first widely used markup languages. .nj

.sp 1

...

Explanation

Above, .ctr causes the words that follow to be centered on the page.

.sp 2 causes 2 blank lines to be inserted. .nj means that what follows is not to be justified.

Notice that the formatting commands are interspersed in the text.

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