Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!jaap From: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: an nroff question Message-ID: <788@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 22:10:53 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.788 Posted: Mon Aug 12 22:10:53 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 20:06:09 EDT References: <528@tellab1.UUCP> Reply-To: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis) Distribution: net Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 22 Keywords: troff leader character In article <528@tellab1.UUCP> etan@tellab1.UUCP (Nate Stelton) writes: > *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Why didn't you replace that line? > > 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? The leader is the ^A, so you do .ta 5c ^A and you got a line with dots (default leader character) of 5 centimetres Inside macro definitions you can use \a > Another related question: Can I use .lc within a table (using tbl)? If so, > how? Now, this is garanteed disaster, since tbl sets the tabs and uses the field mechanism to it's limits. --jaap