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Re: many nroff directives / line

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From: George Sicherman
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 1984 17:05
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> Is there a way to put more than one nroff directive on a single line?
> I can't find anything in the nroff/troff manual to indicate that it is
> impossible, but it doesn't say that it is possible, either.

That's easy: define a macro!

.de MY
.directive 1
.directive 2
.directive 3
..

	...

.MY
	...
.MY

This is the logical way to do it.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel
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Subject: Re: many nroff directives / line
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