Re: nroff/troff gurus...
From: Rich Teer (rich.teer_at_rite-group.com)
Date: 11/06/03
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Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 22:50:59 GMT
On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Joe Cipale wrote:
> Okay... I admit it. It has been a while since I have been deeply involvd
> with nroff/troff. Since leaving the dark side (M$) and rturning to
> Linux, I have discoverd the joy of generating documents from
> applications using the .ms macros.
It's the only way!
> The command I am using is this: % tbl 2002_data_weekly.ps | lpr
> -Pprinter1
Just a thought, but don't you think calling an input file
something.ps is a bit confusing? I'd associate that with
the PostScript file that's produced by troff.
You have to pass your file through troff as well as tbl
(or just tell groff to use tbl). Here's the command line
I use to build my book, written in ms macros that I've
customised to suit my purposes.
groff -Uptmgs input.ms > output.ps
The "t" option means call tbl.
> .TS H
>
> Is there a subtle thing I am not recalling?
.TS H and .TH are provided by the ms macros, not tbl.
HTH,
-- Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA President, Rite Online Inc. Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URL: http://www.rite-online.net
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