Re: [Groff] [heirloom] getting dashes when a line is requested

[Blake McBride]

The same is also true with vertical lines with heirloom tbl.  A series of
small lines is produces rather than a single line.


On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Blake McBride <address@hidden> wrote:

> This is true of =, \_, and \= too.
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> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:34 AM, Blake McBride <address@hidden>
> wrote:
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>> Greetings,
>>
>> Using the following:
>>
>> .TS
>> l .
>> _
>> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
>> .TE
>>
>>
>> In groff, the line is unbroken (as is desired).  In heirloom, a bunch of
>> dashes are produced.  Each dash is separated by a small space.  In other
>> words, groff produced a _line_, and heirloom troff produces a _series of
>> dashes_.  Surely a line is desired.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Blake
>>
>>
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