Line drawing/leaders with nroff
stevens at hsi.UUCP
stevens at hsi.UUCP
Wed Feb 15 08:34:47 AEST 1984
I want to generate a horizontal motion of a 2-character string,
using nroff, as in the table of contents:
title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page#
Using the line drawing feature (\l'Nc') restricts you to a single
character, and a line of periods right next to each other just
doesn't look that good. I also have need for this using nroff to
generate local memos where we use a line of asterisks separated
by a space ("* * * * * * " etc.) to delimit the to/from/subject/date
from the actual body. Again, using a 2-character pattern ("* ") just
looks better than a line of asterisks right next to each other.
I have also tried the leader feature, but it too restricts you to
a single character. Anyone know a way around this ?? Thanks.
Richard Stevens
Health Systems International, New Haven, CT
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