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Re: [Groff] Unix roff vs. groff: .in in ms?
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Anne Marcel Roorda |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] Unix roff vs. groff: .in in ms? |
Date: |
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:35:39 +0000 |
In message <address@hidden>, Jonathan Le
nnox writes:
> I'm trying to use some roff code written for Unix (n)roff with groff, and
> I'm running into a problem.
>
> Unix roff's ms macro package seem to have no problem with allowing me to use
> the .in directive, and the ms paragraph indentation directive are applied
> relative to it. Groff's ms, on the other hand, performs an absolute .in at
> every .LP directive, and so my global intentation gets wiped out.
Hi,
The easiest sollution would be to not use .LP, and to specify .in <num>
before each indentation change.
Depending on the way you're generating the nroff source this may or may
not be easy.
Regards,
- marcel