fgreco@uunet.uu.net (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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