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Article #274Re: Need help with -me macros: problem with .ip and hanging tags
From: chris
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 1984 04:15
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 1984 04:15
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to have {n,t}roff calculate the proper indentation using the
width operator \w, [i]t seems that the proper invocation
(assuming "Second:" was the longest tag) would be:
.ip First: \w'Second: '
\w is almost always only useful if you write \w'stuff'u. The final `u'
means that the number should be taken as a value in internal units (which
vary between nroff and troff and---I believe---between devices in ditroff).
(Things like this are why I use TeX.)
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