Re: [Groff] Trying to use tabs and tab stops in groff

[T. Kurt Bond]

Ok, now it makes sense.  Thanks to both of you!

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden>
wrote:

> Hi Kurt,
>
> > I'm trying to use tabs and tab stops in groff to so some simple
> > tables, and can't figure out why it is not working.
>
> Mike pointed out you need real ASCII tab characters to have your example
> work.  `\t' is used in `copy mode', e.g. when defining a macro, to
> create a tab that's interpreted later, e.g. when the macro is invoked.
>
>     $ printf '%s\n' .nf '.de m' 'foo\tbar' 'x\ty\tz\tz\ty' .. .m |
>     > nroff | grep .
>     foo     bar
>     x       y       z       z       y
>     $
>
> --
> Cheers, Ralph.
> https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy
>



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