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From: hartl@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Anton Hartl)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: troff fonts with me macros
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Date: 14 Mar 90 16:27:54 GMT
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In article <22738@adm.BRL.MIL> gaspar@stl-08sima.army.mil (Al Gaspar) writes:
>I am working on a document using the me macros and I want to
>change the point size for the entire document from the default
>of 10 to 12.  I have tried (among other things) '.ps 12' and
>'.sz 12' at the top of my file with no luck.  The only way those
>insertions seem to work is to place them in each paragraph separately.
That's true, .sz does a temporary size change, respectively every
call to .pp or similar macros resets the point size.
>The only way I have been able to change the point size for the entire
>document was to make my own copy of the macro package and change the
>defaults for the .tp and .pp registers.  Is there a better way?
There is. The number register pp defines the pointsize used throughout
the entire document; the macros pp, lp and the like set the pointsize
to the value of that number register. So the first thing you put in
Your paper is '.nr pp 12' and everything should work fine. 

-Toni


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