Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site luke.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!oliveb!bene!luke!steven From: steven@luke.UUCP (Steven List @ Benetics Corp, MT.View, CA) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: tbl, beginner's difficulty with 'box' Message-ID: <158@luke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-May-85 18:50:47 EDT Article-I.D.: luke.158 Posted: Mon May 27 18:50:47 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 2-Jun-85 07:24:16 EDT References: <324@sdcc12.UUCP> Organization: Benetics Corp, Mt.View, CA Lines: 34 > When I give a 'box' directive in the tbl input, it prints the vertical > lines of the box one at a time, at the BOTTOM of the page, AFTER it > has printed everything else. > I tried the examples given by McGilton and Morgan on page 405ff > and had no better luck. > What I am doing wrong? > > Bernd > UUCP: ...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371, ARPA: sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371@nosc > *** hooray for USENET *** try the following: tbl | nroff -Tlp | col > the -T option to nroff indicates the printer type (lp is default line printer). Col takes all the repositioning commands generated by tbl and massages it all together to make something approaching a readable document. /-\ :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: : Steven List @ Benetics Corporation : : (415) 940-6300 : : ..!hplabs!oliveb!bene!luke!steven : :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: \-/ -- /-\ :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: : Steven List @ Benetics Corporation : : (415) 940-6300 : : hplabs!oliveb!bene!luke!steven : :-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-: \-/