kutz@bgsuvax.UUCP (Kenneth Kutz) (03/09/88)
What is the best way to underline in TROFF. The documentation states that
the "ul" function is really "italics".
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--------------------------------------------------------------------davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) (03/09/88)
In article <1682@bgsuvax.UUCP> kutz@bgsuvax.UUCP (Kenneth Kutz) writes: >What is the best way to underline in TROFF. The documentation states that >the "ul" function is really "italics". You are truly in luck, as I had to do this yesterday. Here's how: .de us \\$1\l'|0_' .. use by: .us "string to underscore" -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs | seismo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me
chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (03/10/88)
Troff `underlining' must be done by writing the word, backing up, and writing a horizonal line underneath the word (as several people have suggested). The result looks moderately bad on some printers, and always looks horrible if troff breaks the word (so that it may be advisable to turn off hyphenation, e.g.). Note that style manuals frown upon underlining in quality typesetting. The effect of underlining is almost always better achieved by a change of font. (The obvious exception is when demonstrating the result of an `underline' operation.) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris