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From: mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: nroff page length
Message-ID: <582@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 10 Sep 90 15:56:21 GMT
References: <807@ofssrv.syssup.tds.philips.nl>
Reply-To: mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)
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In article <807@ofssrv.syssup.tds.philips.nl> karl@syssup.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Karl Lovink) writes:
:I have ported some programs to our Unix System V machine and 
:now I am trying to print out the manual pages. 
:I have installed the AT&T Documenters Work Bench.
:Attached to my system there is a HP Laserjet II printer, and when
:I print out the manual pages, the every page is 2 lines too long.
:Now I can edit all the files and strip two lines on every page,
:but I think there should be a better way to handle this.
:By the way I tried already .pl, this makes no difference.

Our LaserPrinter prints 60 lines per page.  I created my own tmac and
macro files (our tmac files .so macro files,  where real nroff source
resides.)  the file /usr/lib/tmac.c10 has one line:

.so /usr/lib/macros/c10

the /usr/lib/macros/c10 file is a duplicate of /usr/lib/macros/an with
one additional line:

.pl 60v

The v tells nroff to use lines,  not linear measurement.

I invoke the command:

nroff -mc10 files | lpr -b

I'm no nroff wizard,  and I had to experiment to find the right
place to put the line.  I hope this helps.

:Could somebody give me a clue how to do this, I'am not
:really familiar with nroff and others.
:
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Dan Mercer
Reply-To: mercer@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer)
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