Re: [Groff] macros in tbl

[SGT. Garcia]

On Mar 04  20:29 -0800, Dale Snell wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:41:12 -0500, in message
> address@hidden, SGT. Garcia wrote:
> 
> > short of wrapping text in a text blocks i can't use any of the macros
> > in man.tmoc; in particular .UR/.UE and .MT/ME. is this intended
> > behaviour?
> 
> I'm afraid I don't understand what you're asking.  What isn't
> working with the -man macros, and what does it have to do with the
> tbl pre-processor?
> 
> Tell us the effect you're trying to achieve and how you're trying
> to do it.  A snippet of code would help, too.  That should give us
> enough to be able to help you.


hello Dale,
sorry for being too short. in the following (abbreviated) .UR can not be
used out side of the T{...T} block. or else it's interpreted literally:

.mso man.tmac
.fam A
.ps -4
.vs -4
.TH Résumé CS
.TS
tab(:) center;
l l l l.
2014-2015::T{
It is neither this nor that while it's both this and that
T}:T{
.UR http://example.com
.UE
T}:Rumi
.TE

is that intended?
 
> FWIW, if you're not familiar with it, the troff.org web site
> <http://troff.org/papers.html> has lots of information that can be a
> real help.
> 
> --Dale

i always google around before asking. in the link you posted searching for
.UR in this:
http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/doc/76/tbl.ps.gz

didn't return anything either. make me think that it could be a silly 
question...