Re: [Groff] Unix roff vs. groff: .in in ms?

[Anne Marcel Roorda]

In message <address@hidden>, Jonathan Le
nnox writes:

> I'm trying to use some roff code written for Unix (n)roff with groff, and
> I'm running into a problem.
> 
> Unix roff's ms macro package seem to have no problem with allowing me to use
> the .in directive, and the ms paragraph indentation directive are applied
> relative to it.  Groff's ms, on the other hand, performs an absolute .in at
> every .LP directive, and so my global intentation gets wiped out.

Hi,

  The easiest sollution would be to not use .LP, and to specify .in <num>
before each indentation change.

  Depending on the way you're generating the nroff source this may or may
not be easy.

Regards,

- marcel