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Article #899Re: (ti)troff question - horizontal motion and drawing arguments
From: Bernie Cosell
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1986 20:45
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1986 20:45
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> The troff manual I have gives \h'N' as the sequence to use for horizontal > motion. Fine. my question is: What kind of interpretation is done on > the string inside the single quotes? Troff does its normal '\' evaluation, as it does for all commands, and that's all. Your problem is that you didn't fully appreciate what 'N' means. It means a *NUMBER*. '.nr' is the only convenient command that takes an *EXPRESSION*. So what you have to do is .nr xx 8*.... "\whatever \h'\n(xxu'\"Don't forget the 'u' here /Bernie Bernie Cosell Internet: cosell@prophet.bbn.com Bolt, Beranek & Newman, Inc USENET: bbncc5!bpc Cambridge, MA 02238 Telco: (617) 497-3503
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!nike!cad!ucbvax!BBN-PROPHET.ARPA!cosell From: cosell@BBN-PROPHET.ARPA (Bernie Cosell) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: (ti)troff question - horizontal motion and drawing arguments Message-ID: <8606042327.AA17661@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 4-Jun-86 16:45:37 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8606042327.AA17661 Posted: Wed Jun 4 16:45:37 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 5-Jun-86 20:33:41 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 16