Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!elsie!ado From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) Newsgroups: net.info-terms,net.wanted Subject: Wanted: a better way of doing an 4.1bsd nroff job Message-ID: <6015@elsie.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Feb-86 15:01:19 EST Article-I.D.: elsie.6015 Posted: Tue Feb 18 15:01:19 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 19-Feb-86 20:34:30 EST Distribution: na Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD Lines: 24 Keywords: nroff 4.1bsd Xref: linus net.info-terms:397 net.wanted:7524 On a VAX 11/750 running 4.1bsd (read: no "pic") is there a better (read: easier to explain to biochemists) way to do what the following "tbl | nroff" input does? .TS expand box ; c . State 1 \(da State 2 .ft I \h'\w"Transition name"u' \(da Transition name .ft State 3 \(da State 4 .TE (The part that's hard to explain is \n'\w"preneoplastic"u'.) Please mail many any ideas you have. Thanks. -- UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA DEC, VAX and Elsie are Digital Equipment and Borden trademarks