Re: [Groff] Hanging paragraphs in MM

[Mike Bianchi]

On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 02:19:17PM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> I  often need to typeset single hanging paragraphs
> like:
> 
> PS: Example of a post-scriptum, it has  a  hanging
>     indent.
> 
> I have created a macro for this, which
> 
>   1.  Calculates  the  length  of  the  label  and
>       increments it by one,
> 
>   2.  Begins a variable-item list (MM's .VL)  with
>       the calculated indent,
> 
>   3.  Typesets  the  desired paragraph as one list
>       item (MM'c .LI),
> 
>   4.  Ends the list (MM's .LE).
> 
> But to use it, I have to pass both label and  text
> as  macro  parameters, while I'd like to pass only
> the label and have the text on the next input line
> (like it is done in MAN's .TP macro, for example).
> 
> Could  you please suggest a way of doing it? Maybe
> I better emulate it using  groff's  requests  (and
> take care not to meddle with MM's inner logic)?
 
Anton,
Could you just use  \  to continue the macro onto your next line?

        .MyMacro  FirstArg \
        All the text that is processed by  MyMacro FirstArg  follows.

        .MyMacro  FirstArg \
        All the text that is processed by  MyMacro FirstArg  follows and \
        in the case of a lot of text \
        multiple lines.

-- 
 Mike Bianchi