Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uwm.edu!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!apctrc!zjae0b From: zjae0b@trc.amoco.com (Jenni A. Etgen) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Creating 2 column documents in -roff Keywords: Comes with example attached Message-ID: <1991Apr30.194337.14056@trc.amoco.com> Date: 30 Apr 91 19:43:37 GMT References: <1883@eastman.UUCP> <1991Apr29.210724.5436@cbnewsl.att.com> <1991Apr30.175357.8066@letni.lonestar.org> Sender: usenet@trc.amoco.com (News) Organization: Amoco Production Company Lines: 62 X-Checksum-Snefru: 32592054 27e931ba 31a0d668 c8611534 In article <1991Apr30.175357.8066@letni.lonestar.org> doug@letni.lonestar.org (Doug Davis) writes: >In article <1991Apr29.210724.5436@cbnewsl.att.com> npn@cbnewsl.att.com (nils-peter.nelson) plugs his employers overpriced product yet again: > >>The .2C macro in -ms and -mm, both included with DWB 3.1, >>produce 2 column output. The Tutorial in the troff >>documentation for DWB 3.1 includes a 20-line implementation. > >>You most assuredly can't use tbl unless you read left-to-right >>across columns. > >BZZZZT! Ding! Sorry you lose, thank you for playing our game. For our >consulation prize today we have here a quick and dirty example of using >tbl to do multi-column text. Of course the borders are optional >equipment and your milage may vary. > >.TS >doublebox; >lw(3i)|lw(3i). >T{ >This is a test of the national broadcasting system. >This is a test of the national broadcasting system. >This is a test of the national broadcasting system. >This is a test of the national broadcasting system. >This is a test of the national broadcasting system. >T} T{ >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their filesystems. >T} >.TE > > >__ >Doug Davis/4409 Sarazen/Mesquite Texas, 75150/214-270-9226 >{texsun|lawnet|smu}!letni!doug doug@letni.lonestar.org > > "Be seeing you..." tbl will work IF the 2 columns are totally separate text, however IF the text just needs to flow from the first column to the second tbl CAN NOT handle this, also tbl has a limit on the number of text blocks you can use. in this case the only way to handle this with a pre-existing macro is with the .2C macro in mm or ms or write your own macro this I have done since I have some very special cases with 2 or more columns. Jenni Etgen zjae0b@trc.amoco.com 918-660-3392 Amoco Production Company 4502 East 41st Street P.0. Box 3385 Tulsa, OK 74102