Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site usl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!akgua!akgub!usl!sigma From: sigma@usl.UUCP (Spyridon Triantafyllopoulos) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Full text of YASC (n/troff stuff) Message-ID: <214@usl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 15:37:52 EST Article-I.D.: usl.214 Posted: Wed Jan 16 15:37:52 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 22-Jan-85 04:46:15 EST Organization: USL, Lafayette, LA Lines: 36 Newsgroups: net.unix In article <199@usl.UUCP> sigma@usl.UUCP (Spyridon Triantafyllopoulos) writes: >How do you change the line length >in the macro package "-ms" ? I tried >the .nr LL 7.5 or others, and it >would not work. > ..... >P.S Enter it to the stupid question >of the year award, but our local nroff >and macro guru is on vacation... >>Looks like a nice entry. Why don't you read the manual? Although it >>might look a bit obscure in the N/Troff manual, you would have found >>out that the .nr request will take default values as units. >>Guessing that you want to change the line length to 7.5 Pica's, >>you should have said: .nr LL 7.5P I think the real mistake lies in the attempt to specify line length in INCHES (You ethnocentrist Americans :-)), rather than, the most reasonable CHARACTERS. I have been using Honeywell's "runoff" text processing system on a 68/80 Multics for a long time and all arguments are in number of characters or line. Same thing on the WORDIX word processing system on the IBM PC/XT. The documentation IS cryptic, and No one says that you have to use the little "i". I got it all OK now, but I guess I'm going to implement macros for Multics runoff. It's a pity, n/troff has such a potential but screwy docs.... -- Spiros Spiros Triantafyllopoulos <> USENET {ut-sally, akgua}!usl!sigma Computer Science Dept, USL <> CSNet TriantafyllopoulosS%usl@csnet-relay.ARPA "This file contains no opinions whatsoever"