Re: ?roff Man page help sought

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From: Mick Farmer
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 13:35

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Hi,

Larry Virden asks for help in generating text of the form

	key1, key2, ...		Text description,
				possibly on multiple
				lines.

I do this regularly using the -ms macros by using the ".IP"
macro with the desired indent.  Here's an example

	.IP "at, atq, atrm" 3i
	Commands involving jobs that are executed
	at specific times.  See manual pages.
	.IP "lp, lpq, lpstat" 3i
	Commands involving the printing of files
	on paper (usuall).  See manual pages.

where the text in the right is indented by three inches.

Regards,

Mick

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From: mick@dcs.bbk.ac.uk (Mick Farmer)
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Subject: Re: ?roff Man page help sought
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