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From: leung@imspw6.UUCP (Aldrin Leung)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: VI/NROFF symbolics question
Message-ID: <218@imspw6.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jan 89 20:03:50 GMT
References: <108@mdiva1.uucp>
Organization: IMS Inc., Rockville, MD
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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.

You can use have

	.ds sq <the string you want> 

in the beginning of the document and reference sq in your document by
\*(sq.

Aldrin W. Leung
IMS, Inc.
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Aldrin W. Leung
Integrated Microcomputer System, Inc.
leung%imspw6@uunet.uu.net