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From: jlh@loral.UUCP (Jim Vaxkiller)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: nroff -ms figure numbering
Message-ID: <1278@loral.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 13:26:12 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  5 13:26:12 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Nov-86 22:08:57 EST
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I've got a little problem here I could use some help on.  I'm writing
a fairly large document (30-50 pages) that will have lots of figures
in it.  I use floating keeps to keep the figures together, but keep
losing track of what number I'm on.  I'm also screwed anytime I add
or delete a figure.  Does someone out there have a nifty little
macro to automatically number my figures for me?  Sure would help
if they did.

My system is nroff (ditroff for the laser printer), the ms macro
package, UN*X 4.2 BSD (may have some 4.3 ms macros, I'm not sure).
Also, it probably makes no difference but my document is spread out
over around 9 files, arranged so I can format the whole thing at once
or just get a title page, the part I'm working on, and a table of
contents.


Jim Harkins 
Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
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