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gtroff enhancement request |
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Thu, 6 Sep 2007 07:06:15 -0600 (MDT) |
First of all, thank you for .brp! It really eases inserting
'bracketed' text into a text flow.
I have this macro that puts titles underneath figures; here's a
typical invocation:
.FG "Figure 3" "A resource conflict matrix for filesystem placement based on
Example 2. As long as all servers are up, we have a low rate of conflicts. If
server2 goes down (matrix b and c), the conflicts increase depending on how the
virtual machines are re-provisioned. b) is a better solution than c) because it
has the lowest conflict rate.
The macro is so simple. It just inserts text that is boldened \\$1,
a colon, and \\$2. The first line of output is un-indented; the
rest are indented.
The output in my current case, though, is such that there is a bit
of white space separating the words on the first of the five lines
of output (3.05 inch wide columns). I'd like to track-kern the
first six words a bit wider (to eliminate the white space) and then
revert back to normal track-kerning. [Yes, I'm talking about a 'bit'
of white space -- .tkf of 0.1 is enough to fix the problem. I have
a backend processor that flags 'slightly excessive' whitespace.]
Thus, I'd like to embed a .tkf function.
What do you think?
RK
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