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Re: Need troff macro for figures.

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From: langdon
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1987 06:25
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In article <29@esosun.UUCP>, pete@esosun.UUCP (Pete Ware) writes:
> Requirements for a troff MS macro to simplify insertion of figures 
> in text.
> 
>     All of our reports make extensive use of figures and charts...
> .. but there is no convenient way to combine the image with a
> caption, and merge both of them in the text.

See summary. There have been postings here of TeX macros to facilitate
same.
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Subject: Re: Need troff macro for figures.
Message-ID: <636@lll-lcc.aRpA>
Date: Sat, 28-Feb-87 01:25:01 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 28 01:25:01 1987
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Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, Livermore Ca
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Summary: ArborText's TeX software does this well