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Re: [Groff] conditionals inside a table?
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Anton Shterenlikht |
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Re: [Groff] conditionals inside a table? |
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Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:02:58 -0800 (PST) |
>From address@hidden Fri Dec 5 14:58:42 2014
>
> u stands for "basic unit" ...
>
> From https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/manual/html_node/Measurements.html
>
> gtroff (like many other programs) requires numeric parameters to
> specify various measurements. Most numeric parameters9 may have a
> measurement unit attached. These units are specified as a single
> character that immediately follows the number or expression. Each of
> these units are understood, by gtroff, to be a multiple of its basic
> unit. So, whenever a different measurement unit is specified gtroff
> converts this into its basic units. This basic unit, represented by a
> aCu', is a device dependent measurement, which is quite small, ranging
> from 1/75th to 1/72000th of an inch. The values may be given as
> fractional numbers; however, fractional basic units are always rounded
> to integers.
> :
> ((the available units explained))
Thank you.
Is this included into any of the man pages.
I tried to find, but couldn't, but I haven't
searched all of groff man pages.
Many thanks
Anton