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From: jenni@elan.UUCP (Jenni Hufnagel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: VI/NROFF symbolics question
Message-ID: <418@elan.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jan 89 02:53:09 GMT
References: <108@mdiva1.uucp>
Organization: Elan Computer Group, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
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From article <108@mdiva1.uucp>, by fontana@mdiva1.uucp:
> I am a IBM SCRIPT and GGML user.  I need to know how to
> do a symbolic reference in VI and NROFF. (i.e. I want to
> be able to define a table of symbolic strings and their
> expanded names or string.  Then I want to only type the
> symbolics in the text and have the system input the expanded
> names when I run off the text.)
> 
> Any helpful hints would be appreciated.


In nroff you can define any string you want in a nterm file.  
These files are found in /usr/lib/nterm.   Pick the one that is
correct for your printer.
In the nterm file an example would be as follows

charset
sq 2 []
+- 1 +\b_
  


you  would reference sq in your document by \*(sq.




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