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Article #902Re: (ti)troff question - horizontal motion and drawing arguments
From: Jeffrey Copeland
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1986 13:05
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 1986 13:05
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Yes, you can place expressions in troff motion and line drawing commands: \h'8*\w' 'u' moves 8 ems times the width of one space. You want to say: \h'8u*\w' 'u' or, for better readability: \h"8u*\w' 'u" This works the same way for \l, \L, \v and the \D commands: Just make sure the units are correct.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!linus!philabs!mcnc!jeff From: jeff@mcnc.UUCP (Jeffrey Copeland) Newsgroups: net.text,net.unix Subject: Re: (ti)troff question - horizontal motion and drawing arguments Message-ID: <1393@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> Date: Thu, 5-Jun-86 09:05:16 EDT Article-I.D.: alvin.1393 Posted: Thu Jun 5 09:05:16 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Jun-86 00:18:46 EDT References: <274@rtech.UUCP> Reply-To: jeff@alvin.UUCP (Jeffrey Copeland) Distribution: net Organization: Microelectronics Center of NC; RTP, NC Lines: 11