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Article #5093Re: troff magic
From: Wolf N. Paul
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 1988 02:54
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 1988 02:54
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In article <3888@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan) writes: >>As far as I can tell, this assumes that you are at the beginning of >>an output line. It prints the argument ( $1 ), then draws a line from the >>current print position (i.e. immediately after the argument) to absolute >>horizontal position 0 (i.e., back to the beginning of the line. It also >>leaves the current print position to be at the beginning of the line -- >>thus it makes a good example, but is of little practical value. > >The absolute position indicator, "|" is relative to the "input" line >not the "output" line for horizontal motion. That is why the above >macro will work as expected and only underline the argument $1, which, >in this case, is the "input" line. Thanks for this clarification -- I hadn't realized this. -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: dcs!wnp@killer.dallas.tx.us TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!dcs!wnp From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: troff magic Message-ID: <195@dcs.UUCP> Date: 3 Sep 88 02:54:45 GMT References: <597@intvax.UUCP> <191@dcs.UUCP> <3888@pbhyf.PacBell.COM> Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas Lines: 18