RE: [Groff] Help needed for a newbie to groff

[Ted Harding]

On 16-Nov-01 Howard Smith wrote:
> Is there anybody out there?

Tes indeed!

> Does anyone know of a quick solution to printing A4 landscape to a
> postscript printer?
>  
> I am still ploughing through the manuals but am losing the will to
> live!
> 
> e-Beer reward to anyone who responds

I use a macro (consistent with ms macros):

  .de landscape_metrics
  .pl 8.267i
  .nr PO 1.195i
  .nr LL 9.693i
  .lt \\n[LL]u
  .nr LT \\n[LL]u
  ..

to set up the page dimensions (short and wide); and then
(as Christian Jensen suggested) produce the PostScript
file using the command

  groff -P-l -rPL=8.267 -rLL=9.693 ....

(the point of the "-r" options is to prevent the ms
macro package defining default values for PL and LL,
though you can get away without this).

Hoping this helps! Please decide to continue living,
at least long enough to come up with the e-Beer!

Ted.

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Date: 16-Nov-01                                       Time: 17:43:33
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