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From: npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: DWB pic problem with dotted lines
Summary: Just a guess.
Keywords: pic, dotted line
Message-ID: <1991Jan24.225021.17217@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 24 Jan 91 22:50:21 GMT
References: <7619@chorus.fr>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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I tried the example exactly as shown and it worked perfectly
for me. Here's a guess. troff has to be told what printer
it's formatting for, so it uses appropriate width tables.
In DWB 3.1 the default is -Tpost (PostScript) but in 2.0
it was the APS 5, which you are unlikely to have. Your troff
is probably choosing an interletter spacing for . appropriate
to the APS, not the printer you are using.
If your troff supports -T, try telling it the type of printer
explicitly.