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From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: troff 'Keep' Question
Message-ID: <2828@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: Sat, 6-Dec-86 20:00:58 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  6 20:00:58 1986
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From: dje@datacube.UUCP
>Does  anyone  know  a  trick  for  fooling  troff  into  removing its
>proportional spacing temporarily?   The  'keep' commands  .DS .DE are
>still proportionally spaced in troff.  

It's not a trick, use the .cs command, as in:

	.cs 20 R

and see if that doesn't point you towards the solution, you'll have to
diddle the '20' etc, probably write some cheapshot macros or strings.

	-Barry Shein, Boston University