Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!nlbull!gerard From: gerard@Bull.NL (GerardJan Vinkesteyn) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: *.guide files Message-ID: <3839@nlbull.Bull.NL> Date: 11 Sep 90 15:04:00 GMT References: <836@ki.UUCP> <1990Sep7.001833.22781@DSI.COM> <844@ki.UUCP> Organization: Bull Netherlands, Amsterdam, NL Lines: 36 In article <844@ki.UUCP>, dwatts@ki.UUCP (Dan Watts) writes: > In article <1990Sep7.001833.22781@DSI.COM> syd@DSI.COM writes: > >Try using nroff instead of troff. Troff is for driving the phototypesetter > >not for the screen, use nroff as your text formatter. > > Thanks. That made the output much better. But now for another question. > Is there a way to get the text closer to the left margin? My output seems > to have a 10 character indent for all text. This causes some lines to > wrap past column 80. I've also got some sequences of [9 in the text. > These seem to be on lines that are centered, but now always. Sample output > follows. Nroff -man is used default as: nroff -man -T37, an old typewriter terminal. This gives reversed linefeeds and such as esc sequences. To overcome it use one of the others in /usr/lib/term, I have: : tab2631 tab300-12 tab300s-12 tab382 tab450-12 taba1 : tab2631-c tab300S tab3404 tab4000A tab832 tablp : tab2631-e tab300S-12 tab3404-i tab4000a tabX tabtn300 : tab300 tab300s tab37 tab450 tabX97 The offset can be changed with the offset command: .po with parameters like .po 0 # no offset .po 1c # 1 centimeter .po 1i # 1 inch .po 3n # 3 n-width chars or combined with the -ms package: .nr PO 0 # no offset .nr PO 1c # 1 centimeter .nr PO 1i # 1 inch .nr PO 3n # 3 n-width chars -- Gerard Jan Vinkesteyn \ / Bull Netherlands Internet: gerard@bull.n X Hoogoorddreef 66-68 Uucp: nlbull!gerard / \ 1101 BE Amsterdam Phone: +31 20 565 2394 isfun Fax: +31 20 565 2950