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From: carl@bdaemon.UUCP (carl)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: Re: column help wanted
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Date: Mon, 14-Oct-85 11:01:02 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 14 11:01:02 1985
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> I am using (old) troff and -me macros on a VAX (4.1bsd and 4.2bsd).
> The column macros (.2c, .1c, and .bc) do a nice job with columns, but
> if the text fills up less than a full page, you end up with something
> like a full length left column and a partial right column. .......
> .........

Sounds like the perfect place to use 'tbl' rather than not too well
designed macros.

Carl Brandauer
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