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From: colin@torch.UUCP (colin)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: fixed format displays in troff
Message-ID: <2@torch.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Oct-86 12:46:21 EST
Article-I.D.: torch.2
Posted: Thu Oct 23 12:46:21 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 26-Oct-86 01:43:35 EST
Reply-To: colin@torch.UUCP ()
Organization: TORCH Computers Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Keywords: troff, TranScript


I am trying to include some formatted output from a program in a document
which is being formatted using troff. To do this I am using the .DS and .DE
macros (MM macros), e.g:

.DS
$ ls7
fred     bill     bert     albert
harold   jim      egbert   jane
janet    john
$
.DE

I am using troff in conjunction with TranScript (from Abobe) together with
a PostScript laser printer.  The TranScript system provides Times and Helvetica 
proportional fonts for use with troff which consequently do not produce aligned 
output in such a display.

Does anyone know a way round this problem ? Thanks in advance for any help.