RE: constant width output

[Ted Harding]

On 22-Aug-01 Michael Lindenmeyer wrote:
> ----
> since '.CW' is not recognized under groff,

I forgot to mention last time:

If you want to remain compatible with other versions
of troff which use '.CW', you can always define it
as a "private macro", for instance:

  .de CW
  .ft CR
  ..

invoked as '.CW'; but in that case it could also be
useful to define a macro to turn it off, e.g. (HTML style):

  .de /CW
  .ft
  ..

(invoked as './CW') though you might not need to use it,
if the font changes are always explicitly set.

(In groff, you can use macro names which are more than
2 characters long). You can either plant such definitions
when you need them, or accumulate them in a private
macro pack which you include when needed.

Ted.

PS I hope the indentation of the ".xxx" lines gets round
   the newsgroup suppression of "." at the start of the line.

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Date: 23-Aug-01                                       Time: 09:08:53
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