Re: [Groff] groff index generation (for mom)

[Peter Schaffter]

On Tue, Sep 03, 2013, Johann Höchtl wrote:
> On 2013-09-03 21:45, Peter Schaffter wrote:
> >>and a way to set text in two columns with automatic overflow, when
> >>the main text is set single-column?
> >
> >I'm having trouble visualizing this, but I think the answer is no.
> Yes, I was to succinct. My intention was to set the 'index' in two
> columns, much like .2C of mm and ms, where the content, once it
> reaches the bottom, will automatically overflow to the next column
> .COLUMN is for the entire document sans COVER and .MCO doesn't give
> me what I want.

I had a look at index.tmac.  Where you wonder if you can switch to
column mode, the answer is yes.  COLUMNS can precede any invocation
of START, which you need to set the index anyway.  In mom, all major
document sections, ie chapters, endnotes, bibliographies, and tables
of contents, require START.

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Peter Schaffter
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