Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!mcnc!philabs!aecom!naftoli From: naftoli@aecom.UUCP (Robert N. Berlinger) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Re: Need help with [nt]roff problem Message-ID: <837@aecom.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 11:09:38 EDT Article-I.D.: aecom.837 Posted: Wed Sep 26 11:09:38 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Sep-84 09:38:08 EDT References: <12214@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 14 > Use of TBL to Format Multi-Column Text by W.H. Huggins > It is possible to use the tbl preprocessor to format text into > two, three, or more columns, side-by-side, as needed to compare two > versions of text, or to print text more compactly. well this will work nicely, however, you need to know the length of your columns. MM also has a .2C macro, but it would be nice if it had support for n column output, as well as a way to force up to the next column (without doing a .sp and manually bringing you to the next column, ughh!). -- Robert Berlinger ...{philabs,cucard,pegasus,ihnp4,rocky2}!aecom!naftoli "If you're not where you are, you're nowhere"