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Re: an nroff question

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From: Jeffrey Copeland
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1985 17:17
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In article <528@tellab1.UUCP> etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) writes:
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>I have one simple (?) question about nroff.  How do you get leaders (a bunch
>of dots between strings, like in an index or table of contents)?  The
>NROFF/TROFF user's manual says that the .lc command does it, but I can't for
>the life of me figure how to use it.  Could someone please give an example?
>
>Another related question:  Can I use .lc within a table (using tbl)?  If so,
>how?
>
>Thanks in advance for any responses.
>
>                            -etan

Use ^A for a leader tab, other than the dots, it works similarly to ^I.
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Subject: Re: an nroff question
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Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 13:17:46 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 19 13:17:46 1985
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