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Q: nroff character sizes

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From: Lawrence Plona
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1991 22:37
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   For kicks I have been trying to get nroff on my Xenix box
to handle the proportional character mode on my dot-matrix
printer.  I haven't had much luck in figuring out the nroff
term variables.  I know what the documentation says but
when does nroff use Char, Adj, Em, Hor, Ver and plot mode?

  All the experimenting I have done hasn't been able to
uncover their relationships.  Has anyone used this feature?

Thanks,
Larry Plona
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From: plona@romulus.rutgers.edu (Lawrence Plona)
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Subject: Q: nroff character sizes
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Message-ID: <Jun.6.18.37.50.1991.13440@romulus.rutgers.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 91 22:37:50 GMT
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