nroff - help wanted - (nf)
kim at enea.UUCP
kim at enea.UUCP
Mon Jun 25 12:00:17 AEST 1984
#R:kvvax4:-40700:enea:600004:000:701
enea!kim Jun 18 10:51:00 1984
When only a few control commands are required,
such as form feed or some special escape sequences,
you can make nroff output these by modifying the table
for the corresponding output device (at /usr/lib/term or
wherever it may be on your installation).
By mapping some of the non-ascii symbols that you cannot
produce anyway - Greek letters, math symbols etc, you can
output any desired ascii sequence.
This requires no modification of the nroff code,
and has the advantage that a page shift can be defined as one
symbol, translated to form feed for printers supporting this,
and to the relevant escape sequences for others.
Kim Walden
{decvax,philabs}!mcvax!enea!kim
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