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Re: Printing "landscape" from troff

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From: Stanley
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1987 23:16
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In article <8704241829.AA04217@brillig.umd.edu> moore.wbst@XEROX.COM writes:
>The last time I looked, troff couldn't do lines longer than about 7.5".

I beg to differ. I use tbl for landscape tables all the
time. I do tell the MM package the length - I don't use
troff by itself.


			Keith R. Stanley
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