From: dmr@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] Paper sizes and Troff
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:20:37 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <59244c29df0d96e0e6ef19eb544d4551@plan9.bell-labs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5f5f6c2a2fa162800d94a550ab6accf5@hamnavoe.com>
Richard said,
> Paper length is set by .pl command. Troff has no concept of paper
> width; you adjust line length and page offset using .ll and .po
> respectively. If you're using -ms macros which give a line length of
> 6 inches, try prefixing your input with
> .pl 29.7c
> .po 2.88c
> and your text should be centred on an A4 page.
This is true, but be aware that if you're using -ms,
some of these parameters are shadowed by number
registers in the macro package, and tend to
get reset. In particular, there is a PO and also
a LL number register. There doesn't seem to
be a PL for .pl shadow, however.
Dennis
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-29 1:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-28 9:07 Devon H. O'Dell
2005-03-28 13:40 ` Richard Miller
2005-03-29 1:20 ` dmr [this message]
2005-03-29 6:52 ` Devon H. O'Dell
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