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Article #780Re: 4 columns in troff?
From: John Pew
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1986 17:34
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1986 17:34
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In article <795@tellab1.UUCP>, etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) writes:
> Does anyone have a macro in nroff/troff laying around that they could lay on
> me that's like a .2C (in -mm or -ms) only it's a .4C? I'm too lazy to try to
> figure it out from scratch. Just send me what you use and I can modify
> it from there.
All you have to do is use .MC (multiple column) in the -ms macro.
.MC takes two arguments 1) is the column width 2) is the gutter
width (the space between columns). It will create however many
columns it can based on the line length and the column with
that you specify. With the line length set to 6.5 inches the
following command will create 3 column output.
.MC 1.8i 0.4i
The .2C macros simply calls the .MC macro.
I have never tried 4 columns but I'm sure the same technique would work.
John Pew
Silicon Compilers
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site sci.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!sun!saber!qubix!sci!johnp From: johnp@sci.UUCP (John Pew) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: 4 columns in troff? Message-ID: <148@sci.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Feb-86 12:34:22 EST Article-I.D.: sci.148 Posted: Fri Feb 14 12:34:22 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Feb-86 09:01:56 EST References: <795@tellab1.UUCP> Organization: Silicon Compilers, Inc., San Jose, CA Lines: 23 Summary: 4 columns can be created with the .MC macro in -ms