[comp.os.minix] nroff problem?

waltje@minixug.hobby.nl (Fred van Kempen) (08/17/90)

Dear All,

I am writing some documentation, and I want to use the ".af" request.
If I do:

	.nr A 0
	.af A A

(I want to number Appendix A ... Appendix F), then I still get:

	Appendix 1 ... Appendix 6


What am I doing wrong???

Fred.
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jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) (08/18/90)

waltje@minixug.hobby.nl (Fred van Kempen)
> If I do:
>	.nr A 0
>	.af A A
> (I want to number Appendix A ... Appendix F), then I still get:
>	Appendix 1 ... Appendix 6

You must start A with 1, not 0 since no letter corresponds to 0 (1 == A,
2 == B, etc.)

For example:
	.nr A 1
	.af A A
	first \nA
	.br
	.nr A +1
	second \nA
	.br
	.nr A +1
	third \nA



Jonathan A. Chandross
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