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Article #4517Re: troff .DC macro for drop caps, version 2.0
From: Robert Marks
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1988 23:25
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1988 23:25
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In article <4021@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com> barnett@steinmetz.ge.com
(Bruce G. Barnett) writes:
>In article <688@houxs.UUCP> daw@houxs.UUCP (David Wolverton) writes:
>|Can someone figure out how to modify the macro to do this?
>
>fiddle with the line that says:
>.nr pS (\\n(nL*\\n(.L*\\n(.v/10)+(35*\\n(fS*(3*\\n(nL-4)/200)
>
>change the value to 35 to something larger.
> Bruce G. Barnett <barnett@ge-crd.ARPA> <barnett@steinmetz.UUCP>
> uunet!steinmetz!barnett
Yes. The macro .DC embodies the assumption that with the vertical spacing
set to N points (.vs N), the read-only register .v = 10*N units.
But this is machine-dependent and may vary. After corresponding with David
Wolverton, I believe that on his machine .v = 3*N, so Bruce Barnett is right:
David should be OK with an amended line:
.nr pS (\\n(nL*\\n(.L*\\n(.v/3)+(35*\\n(fS*(3*\\n(nL-4)/200)
^instead
Bob Marks
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!basser!elecvax!agsm!bobm From: bobm@agsm.unsw.oz (Robert Marks) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: troff .DC macro for drop caps, version 2.0 Message-ID: <564@agsm.unsw.oz> Date: 8 Mar 88 23:25:42 GMT References: <561@agsm.unsw.oz> <688@houxs.UUCP> <4021@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com> Organization: Australian Graduate School of Management Lines: 21 Summary: the macro assumes that .vs N points implies that .v =10*Nu