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Re: [groff] Does the groff -ms implementation have a way to switch to a
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T. Kurt Bond |
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Re: [groff] Does the groff -ms implementation have a way to switch to a new column in .2C mode? |
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Fri, 7 Jun 2019 10:42:13 -0400 |
Ok, I'll check it out.
On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 4:57 AM Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Kurt,
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> > The context is that I've got a part of my text that needs to stay
> > together
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> Are you aware of `Displays and keeps' in groff_ms(7)
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> > and it is being split across columns, so I need to switch the column
> > before that part starts.
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> Specific to groff's -ms from peering at the internals is
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> .br
> .pg@bottom
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> > I have used a .br and .ne X, where X is guesstimate at the lines
> > needed, but wondered if there was a cleaner approach.
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> Put the keep-together content into a diversion and then say you need the
> height of that diversion. But see Keeps above.
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> --
> Cheers, Ralph.
>
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T. Kurt Bond, address@hidden