Re: 2-column troff question

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From: Ed Gould
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1985 23:48

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In article <577@tellab1.UUCP> etan@tellab3.UUCP (Nate Stelton) writes:
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>Is it possible to use 2 columns in troff and specify a different width for
>each column?  Anyone out there know?

Nearly anything is *possible* in troff, including different-width columns.
However, I've never seen anybody write a macro package (read: program troff)
to do anything but equal-width.  If you lake a look at the multi-column
macros in -ms, -mm, or -me, you may get an idea about how to do it.

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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
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Subject: Re: 2-column troff question
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 19:48:05 EDT
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