Re: fixed format displays in troff

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From: Chris Torek
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1986 23:30

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In article <2@torch.UUCP> colin@torch.UUCP writes:
>I am trying to include some formatted output from a program in a
>document which is being formatted using troff. ...

Fixed width text looks awful unless you have a fixed width font.
There are some constant width troff fonts available, but I have
never found them pleasant to use (on the other hand, I switched to
TeX before trying ditroff).  Your particular example is probably
best done with tables; see the tbl documentation.
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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: fixed format displays in troff
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Date: Tue, 28-Oct-86 18:30:05 EST
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