Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site bdaemon.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!cmcl2!seismo!hao!nbires!bdaemon!carl From: carl@bdaemon.UUCP (carl) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: Re: column help wanted Message-ID: <315@bdaemon.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 14:12:07 EST Article-I.D.: bdaemon.315 Posted: Wed Oct 30 14:12:07 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 07:42:12 EST References: <382@varian.UUCP> <312@bdaemon.UUCP> <818@terak.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Daemon Assoc., Boulder, CO Lines: 31 > > > I am using (old) troff and -me macros on a VAX (4.1bsd and 4.2bsd). > > > The column macros (.2c, .1c, and .bc) do a nice job with columns, but > > > ......... > > > > Sounds like the perfect place to use 'tbl' rather than not too well > > designed macros. > > > > Except tbl doesn't fill or adjust the text. ....... The versions of 'tbl' I know (V7, SIII, SV and Uniplus) leave the matter of filling and adjusting to 'n/troff' where they belong. While I am not familiar with the 'me' macros, I do know that the display macros (.DS & .DF) in 'ms' and 'mm' by default turn off filling and hence adjustment. Your problem may stem from the fact that many documents recommend putting tables inside displays to keep them from breaking across page boundaries. There are two possible solutions: 1) Use an optional argument to the display macro to turn on filling; 2) Include .fi and .ad requests for each text block, i.e. T{ .fi .ad Your text typed as you like T} etc., etc. Hope this helps. Carl Brandauer