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From: jaap+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jaap Akkerhuis)
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Subject: Re: TROFF Leaders inside fields.
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Date: 8 Jan 90 17:47:23 GMT
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.text: 6-Jan-90 TROFF Leaders inside fields.
Henry -- S. Products@Sun (1546)

> Calling all TROFF Wizards.  There seems to be a limitation
> with what you can do with the leader character inside a
> field.  I have a sequence something like:

etc.
>  Are fields scanned twice?

Yep. It is not a great idea too use leaders inside fields, but if you
really have to, this works:

    .ta  4.0i           \"  tab at four inches
    .fc  #  @           \"  field char is #, pad is @
    .nf
    #string one \s6^A\s0#       \"  want the leader smaller size
    #string string two\s6^A#
    #\s0string three \s6^A#

(Replace the ^A with the actual leader character)

There are of course better ways to achieve the same effect. That is left
over as an excercise to the reader.

	jaap