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From: jimm@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (james.mumper)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Underlining text in troff
Summary: Try this...
Keywords: troff
Message-ID: <1605@cbnewsi.ATT.COM>
Date: 9 Jan 90 14:05:21 GMT
References: <129925@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: jimm@cbnewsi.ATT.COM (james.mumper,hr,)
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <129925@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> henry%angel@Sun.COM (Henry McGilton -- Software Products) writes:
>>
>>    *  Does anyone have a good macro for underlining text in
>>    *  troff. The example in my book:
>>	    .de us
>>	    \\$1\l'|O\ul'
>>	    ..
>>    *  doesn't work.
>>
Try this.  I have found that the macro's do not work very reliably when
used with tab settings (.ta).  Try the standard 'troff' underline and tab it.
example:

.ta .5i
	my text
	\l'.5i' (the underline, set to the length of 'my text')

This is very reliable but requires some measuring.  I use it exclusively since
I do not find the macro's at all reliable.

Jim Mumper