Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!noao!terak!suze From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: Re: column help wanted Message-ID: <818@terak.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 17:45:27 EDT Article-I.D.: terak.818 Posted: Thu Oct 24 17:45:27 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 19:24:23 EDT References: <382@varian.UUCP> <312@bdaemon.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Calcomp Display Products Division, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 24 > > 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 > > if the text fills up less than a full page, you end up with something > > like a full length left column and a partial right column. ....... > > ......... > > Sounds like the perfect place to use 'tbl' rather than not too well > designed macros. > Except tbl doesn't fill or adjust the text. I've even tried using the "{T" and "}T" to get it to print more than one line. No good. If it worked, it'd be a nice solution. Another way is to run a draft, figure out where it should break and then go back and insert a ".bc". -- Suzanne Barnett-Scott uucp: ...{decvax,ihnp4,noao,savax,seismo}!terak!suze phone: (602) 998-4800 us mail: CalComp/Sanders Display Products Division (Formerly Terak Corporation) 14151 N 76th street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260