Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mcnc.mcnc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!akgua!mcnc!jeff From: jeff@mcnc.UUCP (Jeffrey Copeland) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: an nroff question Message-ID: <727@mcnc.mcnc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Aug-85 13:17:46 EDT Article-I.D.: mcnc.727 Posted: Mon Aug 19 13:17:46 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Aug-85 07:18:06 EDT References: <528@tellab1.UUCP> Reply-To: jeff@mcnc.UUCP (Jeffrey Copeland) Distribution: net Organization: Microelectronics Center of NC; RTP, NC Lines: 16 In article <528@tellab1.UUCP> etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) writes: >*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** > >I have one simple (?) question about nroff. How do you get leaders (a bunch >of dots between strings, like in an index or table of contents)? The >NROFF/TROFF user's manual says that the .lc command does it, but I can't for >the life of me figure how to use it. Could someone please give an example? > >Another related question: Can I use .lc within a table (using tbl)? If so, >how? > >Thanks in advance for any responses. > > -etan Use ^A for a leader tab, other than the dots, it works similarly to ^I.