len@array.UUCP (Leonard Vanek) (04/05/89)
I realize that n/troff is obsolete and that everyone in this group is now using TeX (:-), but in the hopes that someone here may have the answer to my questions I am posting here. I am using the version of n/troff and the ms macros that comes with SunOS. I am experiencing two difficulties, neither of which I can solve. 1) I have some full-page figures that I would like to reserve spave for without actually printing blank pages every time I print a draft copy of the report. I cannot figure out how to increment the page number without actually printing blank pages. I tried fiddling with the value of the ms PN number register as well as the % register and got either no difference or a permanently frozen incremented page number. I can't seem to find the right combination. 2) I am using the ms table of contents generator (XS, XE, PX) and discovering that for entries of a certain length (i.e. just below the length at which they would wrap to a second line) the dots and page number are omitted. The only fix that works is to shorten the entry's text somehow. I tried reading the macro definition to figure out what it was doing but have neither the time nor the patience to try to decipher that obscure code. If anyone can help me solve either of these problems I would be grateful. Please e-mail me a reply because I do not always get a chance to read the news before it expires. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Leonard Vanek UUCP: ... uunet!attcan!lsuc!array!len Array Systems Computing Inc. or ... utzoo!dciem!array!len 5000 Dufferin St. Suite 200 or lsuc!array!len@ai.toronto.edu Downsview, Ont. M3H 5T5 Phone: (416) 736-0900 Canada FAX: (416) 736-4715