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Subject: help: printing long lines with troff
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Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 01:45:50 EDT
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From: lim@nprdc.arpa (Bill Lim)



	According to the troff manual, the maximum line length is
    7.54 inches. The folks around the center in which I work, would like
    to print line greater than this (say in the landscape mode). Thus,
    my task is to modify troff to extend the maximum to what ever.
	However, what ever initial enthusiasm I had quickly wore away
    after examining the source. troff, for the most part is uncommented,
    has tens of global variables (probably hundreds, I didn't care to
    count them all), and two or three character variables, functions,
    and constants. So, before plunging into the code right away, I
    thought I might inquire if anyone out there has modified troff
    so that it goes beyon the 7.54 inches? If so, how? If it is not
    possible, why (besides the excuse of unreadable code)?
	By the way, I have been told that ditroff can print lines
    greater than the 7.54 inches. Is this true?


    Thank in advance for any help.

		
			Bill Lim
			lim@NPRDC.ARPA