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Subject:
Re: gtroff enhancement request
Date:
Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:56:02 +0200 (CEST)
> I'd like to be able to embed the .tkf request in that .FG invocation
> so I don't have to 'unwrap' the macro when I need letter spacing
> increased or decreased 'on the fly'; here's an example with a
> simplified \T'' operator:
>
> .FG "Figure 2" \
> "A typical MRTG RRD file and update \
> \T'R -0.1'operation. This RRD file stores two Data\T'R 0.1' \
> Sources (DSes) in eight Round Robin Archives (RRAs): \
> four AVERAGE and four MAX RRAs. The 5 minute AVERAGE \
> and 5 minute MAX RRAs are being updated.
Hmm. Having an escape with so many parameters something I'm
comfortable with. What about using strings with arguments? Look at
this example:
.de xxx
\c
. gcolor \\$1
..
.
This is \*[xxx green]a test\*[xxx] with colours.
Werner
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