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From: steinar@fdmetd.uucp (Steinar Overbeck Cook)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: VI/NROFF symbolics question
Summary: Lex program for handling '.se'
Message-ID: <342@fdmetd.uucp>
Date: 30 Jan 89 11:20:17 GMT
References: <108@mdiva1.uucp> <418@elan.UUCP> <889@auspex.UUCP>
Organization: Fellesdata a.s, Oslo, Norway
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In article <889@auspex.UUCP>, guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris) writes:
> 
>  >> 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
> 
> 	.set variable "FOO" to "Hi, mom!"
> 

I have written a package which takes IBM SCRIPT/VS (with GML's) and
converts it into [n/t]roff commands. As a part of this package I have
used Lex to write a filter which will handle the SCRIPT command :

   .se myvar='My variable'

and every time the macro '&myvar.' is used in the text, will expand it
into 'My variable'.

The program is very simple and straightforward, mail me if you would
like a copy of it.


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