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Date: Fri,  8 Jun 2007 04:25:57 +0200
From: gas <smurfasmurf@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Troff macro package for patents
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--- dmr@plan9.bell-labs.com skrev:

> The patent typing time well antedated even nroff, and I don't
> remember what primitive macros were used.  The main thing Ossanna
> did was to add two built-ins, .jo1 and .jo2; the first would produce
> line
> numbering as needed in the description part
> (number each successive line as on the page), while
> the second would start restart the numbering at each new
> claim.
>=20
> Could have been done with macros later.
>=20
>   Dennis
>=20

OK. They seem to have been decrufted from the source; nothing turns
up with "grep jo" anyway. Better leave it to the archaeologists, I
suppose.

Thanks!

/ Greger


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