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Subject: Re: Need help with -me macros: problem with .ip and hanging tags
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Date: Tue, 26-Jun-84 00:15:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 26 00:15:24 1984
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*	From: wildbill@ucbvax.UUCP

	to have {n,t}roff calculate the proper indentation using the
	width operator \w, [i]t seems that the proper invocation
	(assuming "Second:" was the longest tag) would be:

		.ip First: \w'Second: '

\w is almost always only useful if you write \w'stuff'u.  The final `u'
means that the number should be taken as a value in internal units (which
vary between nroff and troff and---I believe---between devices in ditroff).

(Things like this are why I use TeX.)
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