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From: crocker@ihwpt.UUCP (ron crocker)
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Subject: Re: fixed format displays in troff
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Date: Mon, 27-Oct-86 18:13:40 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 27 18:13:40 1986
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> 
> 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.


You can do this using tbl, a program that formats data into tables.

Use the following:

.DS
$ ls7
.TS
l l l l.
fred->bill->bert->albert
harold->jim->egbert->jane
janet->john
.TE
$
.DE

where -> represents a TAB (ASCII ^I).  When you format this, do

	tbl filename | troff (the same old options you had)

This should give you something better.

Ron Crocker
AT&T Bell Laboratories
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Naperville, IL  60566

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