fgreco@shearson.com (Frank Greco) (06/28/90)
Troff-ers,
I'm having a bit of a problem in creating multi-page reports in (p)troff/ms/tbl
in landscape mode.
I have a program that creates a tbl/troff file. The size of the table
is unknown ahead of time (we're extracting stuff out of a database).
1. The Sun docs are rather obtuse in the troff area. I've found the
.TS H and .TH/.TE macro(s) in the manuals. Could someone please explain the
use of these macros a *little* better than the Sun docs? I've tried
several combinations and I'm not having any luck.
2. How does one landscape-ize (11 X 8.5) a troff document? When I
attempt to change .pl, troff does not know how to correctly pagebreak.
It attempts to print two separate pages on one sheet of paper.
When I attempt to change .LL (via .nr LL <something>), troff complains
that "PO + LL exceeds 7.54 inches". Gees, I want it to exceed 7.54 inches!
I want it landscape!
Thanks all,
Frank G.
[please respond via email... thanks]
[...and I *do* know that TeX exists ;-)...]
The environment:
Sun3's and SPARCStations
SunOS 4.0.3
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Shearson Lehman Hutton | Crossroads Technologies, Inc.brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (06/29/90)
In article <1990Jun27.215354.26439@shearson.com> fgreco@shearson.com (Frank Greco) writes:
<Troff-ers,
<
<I'm having a bit of a problem in creating multi-page reports in (p)troff/ms/tbl
<in landscape mode.
<
<I have a program that creates a tbl/troff file. The size of the table
<is unknown ahead of time (we're extracting stuff out of a database).
<
<1. The Sun docs are rather obtuse in the troff area. I've found the
<.TS H and .TH/.TE macro(s) in the manuals. Could someone please explain the
<use of these macros a *little* better than the Sun docs? I've tried
<several combinations and I'm not having any luck.
Your local computer bookstore should have UNIX System V Documentor's Workbench
manuals that explain tbl.
<2. How does one landscape-ize (11 X 8.5) a troff document? When I
<attempt to change .pl, troff does not know how to correctly pagebreak.
<It attempts to print two separate pages on one sheet of paper.
<When I attempt to change .LL (via .nr LL <something>), troff complains
<that "PO + LL exceeds 7.54 inches". Gees, I want it to exceed 7.54 inches!
<I want it landscape!
Troff was designed for portrait mode only, since it was made for the C/A/T
phototypesetter, which used photographic paper on a roll, 8.5" wide.
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