Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site digi-g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!digi-g!dan From: dan@digi-g.UUCP (Dan Messinger) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: nroff and Proportional Printing on an FX-80 Message-ID: <453@digi-g.UUCP> Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 17:17:56 EST Article-I.D.: digi-g.453 Posted: Sun Jan 13 17:17:56 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:29:26 EST References: <7141@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: dan@digi-g.UUCP (dan) Organization: Digigraphic Systems Corp., Mpls, MN Lines: 16 Summary: In article <7141@brl-tgr.ARPA> Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)writes: > The problem >is that it doesn't seem to know how to underline properly, ... >... Does anyone have the DEFINITIVE fix for >all this? I fixed the underline problem with a fairly trivial post filter program. I think that the col filter is a far more complex problem. If you want to do multiple columns, or use the {T constuct in tables (both generate reverse line feeds), you will need a col filter that recognizes the special sequences that nroff genrates for your printer, and it will need to look at the -T table to determine how much space each character uses on paper. Have fun! Personally, I just avoid these. :-) Dan Messinger ihnp4!umn-cs!digi-g!dan