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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: troff 'Keep' Question
Message-ID: <5431@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 5-Dec-86 11:10:21 EST
Article-I.D.: brl-smok.5431
Posted: Fri Dec  5 11:10:21 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 5-Dec-86 20:42:00 EST
References: <106500001@datacube>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <106500001@datacube> dje@datacube.UUCP writes:
>Does  anyone  know  a  trick  for  fooling  troff  into  removing its
>proportional spacing temporarily?

What you need to do is to use a "constant width" font.
Usually this is called "CW", but there are others;
font availability depends on your troff implementation.

'\"	Constant-Width font macros, supplied by Arnold Robbins of Georgia Tech.
.ie t \{ .de CW
.vs 10.5p
.ta 16m/3u 32m/3u 48m/3u 64m/3u 80m/3u 96m/3u
.nf
.ft CW
.cs CW 18
.. \}
.el \{ .de CW
.nf
.. \}
.ie t \{ .de CN
.ta 0.5i 1i 1.5i 2i 2.5i 3i 3.5i 4i 4.5i 5i 5.5i 6i
.vs
.fi
.cs CW
.ft
.. \}
.el \{ .de CN
.fi
.. \}