Re: [Groff] Using groff & tbl for creating a CV

[Heinz-Jürgen Oertel]

Am Dienstag 09 August 2011 schrieb Tadziu Hoffmann:
> 
> > warning: file `cv.roff', around line 4:
> >   table wider than line width
> 
> ".IP" (re)sets the line width to its default.
> Try using ".nr LL 12c" or so before the table.
> 
> Nevertheless, for a CV I think a few custom macros would
> probably be better than using tbl.



To avoid .IP or other paragrph macros, I use in such cases the :ULS/.ULE fromm 
www.tmac

.TS
tab(|);
l lw(5i) l.
Since 05/2006|My Company in Downtown
_
|This is the role I occupied
|T{
.ULS
.LI
Working on this
.LI
Working on that
.LI
Achieved lots of things
.LI
But now, this is going to be a rather lengthy description of a task
that I had which is so long that groff is complaining about the length
of the line
.ULE
.sp .5
T}
07/2003-04/2006|Yet Another Company I Worked For
_
|The role I had there
|T{
.IP -
Some more tasks
.IP -
You will get the idea
T}
.TE

on the command line 
groff -ms -mwww cv.roff

Am Dienstag 09 August 2011 schrieb Chris Schaller:
> .NH
> Test
> 
> But I guess this is intended behaviour and I simply have to switch to
> .LP or .PP for normal?
> 
yes.
You have the finisch the Header in bold with some paragraph macro

.SH
Header
.LP
.TS
  .......


Heinz