mikem@uwstat.UUCP (05/23/84)
[I'm not a wizard, so please be gentle]
Does anyone know if the following behaviour is a ditroff feature or a
bug? If it is a bug, is there a known fix.
I set up a ditroff device, giving it a DESC file which looks like:
# Flakey DITroff Description file
fonts 6 R I B CW S M
sizes 12 0
unitwidth 12
res 60
hor 6
vert 5 ...
I expected that this would allow horizontal montion only in multiples
of 6 basic units. However I discovered that this makes the MINIMAL
horizontal motion be 6 units, but anything (like 8 or 13) greater than
6 will also be generated. What I wanted was different horizontal and
vertical resolutions.
Is it possible to specify different horizontal and vertical
resolutions, like one can for nroff devices?
Thanks,
--
Mike Meyer -- Phone (608) 263-7310
ARPA: mikem%wisc-stat.uwisc@uwisc.ARPA
UUCP: {...seismo,allegra}!uwvax!mikemphil@unisoft.UUCP (Phil Ronzone) (05/30/84)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: ditroff - horizontal/vertical resolution question References: <136@uwstat.ARPA> Subject: ditroff - horizontal/vertical resolution question >> I set up a ditroff device, giving it a DESC file which looks like: >> >> # Flakey DITroff Description file >> fonts 6 R I B CW S M >> sizes 12 0 >> unitwidth 12 >> res 60 >> hor 6 >> vert 5 ... >> >> I expected that this would allow horizontal montion only in multiples >> of 6 basic units. However I discovered that this makes the MINIMAL >> horizontal motion be 6 units, but anything (like 8 or 13) greater than >> 6 will also be generated. What I wanted was different horizontal and >> vertical resolutions. >> >> Is it possible to specify different horizontal and vertical >> resolutions, like one can for nroff devices? Yes - one nasty little surprise is the default page offset is still (of course) the troff value of 26/27'ths of an inch (don't ask why, sigh). Problem seems to be in page offset not being equal to a multiple of `hor', the horizontal increments are off from then on. Try `.po 0' -- it should fix it right off. Also recommend res = hor * vert; Phil Ronzone UniSoft