Re: [Groff] Attaching a string to the beginning of each line?

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Sunday, 10 November 2002 at 11:29:23 +0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
>
> Hi Greg,
>
>> I'm currently thinking about how to simulate email replies in groff.
>> Things like:
>>
>> Bob said:
>>> Fred said:
>>>> Bill opined:
>>>>> Foo
>>>> Bar
>>> Baz
>>
>> I know about vertical position traps, but is there an easier way to
>> generate the > characters at the beginning of the line?
>
> Do you want the text filled, i.e. re-formatted to the current line
> length, or left along with the line breaks of the original email?

Yes, it needs to be filled.  Otherwise it would be trivial.

Basically what I'm looking for is something like a filled indent:
normally an indent just has spaces on the left, but I want >
characters.

Greg
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