Re: [Groff] Line-drawing escape

[Clarke Echols]

If you are operating in no-fill mode, why not use .tc to define the
tab character?  You can then set up the left-right justification and
troff/groff replaces a tab character between left-hand and right-hand
text with a multiple series of the character defined by .tc.  You
have to use .ta <dimension> R to get the right-aligned segment where
<dimesion> identifies the location of the right-hand margin and R
indicates right-justified text to that margin.

This is commonly used when constructing a table of contents or index
page.  I think it's called a "leader" (fading memory :-) ).

Miklos Somogyi wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I used this macro for inserting dots between left- and right aligned 
> test, a la   text1 .....  text2:
>
> .de iD
> \\$1  \\kx\\l'(\\n(.lu-\\nxu-\w'\\$2  'u).'  \\$2
> ..
>
> It worked in troff, it works in groff.
>
> I had an "insert space" version of this (replacing `.' with a space).
> It worked in troff, but groff complains that `normal or special 
> character expected (got a space)'.
> \0 is a special character but no good either (got a node).
>
> Is this a bug or a well-considered feature?
> Is there a way to save this structure?
>
> Well, I can always print text1 left-aligned and text2 right aligned, but 
> still ...
>
> Thank you,
>
> Miklos
>
>
>
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