Re: [Groff] Misformatting of CR font in PIC macros

[Ted Harding]

On 04-Feb-11 09:48:42, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> The left-hand boxes in the figure contain "Filename" in Roman and
>> below it "hash.c" in Courier.  While in the pic macros both have the
>> same x offset, "hash.c" is offset further to the right than
>> "Filename", when both were expected to be exactly left-aligned.
>> Note that changing \fC to \fR results in perfect alignment.
> 
> The difference in formatting is due to the different width of spaces
> in the two fonts.  You shouldn't write
> 
>   \fR foo \fP...
>   \fC bar \fP...
> 
> but rather
> 
>   \fRfoo\fP...
>   \fCbar\fP...
> 
> groff is not LaTeX :-) spaces after a `\fX' command are *not*
> suppressed.
>     Werner

And, if you really need a left-space to separate the text from
the left-hand edge of the box, and preserve alignment, use a
space in the same font (TR) both times -- like:

"\s12\fR \fP\fChash.c\fP" at 1.062,8.721 ljust
"\s12\fR Filename\fP"     at 1.062,9.096 ljust

and *not*

# "\s12\fC hash.c\fP"   at 1.062,8.721 ljust
# "\s12\fR Filename\fP" at 1.062,9.096 ljust

Hoping this helps!
Ted.

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