OK. All the blanks of all types are working for me now -- that is when I enter the punctuation marks after a question as the second parameter passed to the macro. I am having one issue with the spacing in the "easy" mode (mode 1) questions. Depending on whether there are questions in a line of output and whether there are questions in adjacent lines, the line spacing keeps changing. Could this be because of the use of \o to center the first letter in question above the blank? If it is, how might one fix it?
I have included the macro and the passage again with the punctuation entered as the second parameter. ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` .\" .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .de Z .sp 2 .nr n 1 .ad l .. .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .\" mode register m: 1 = easy, 2 = medium, 3 = hard .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .\" You could also use .X in modes 2 & 3 .de Q .if \\nm=1 .X \\$@ .if \\nm=2 .Y \\$@ .if \\nm=3 .Y \\$@ .. .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .\" Using blanks of variable length .de X .ds n \s'-6'\\nn\s'0' .ds tm \\nn .if \\nm=1 .char _ \v'.2m'\h'.1m'\D'l .8m 0'\h'.1m'\v'-.2m' .if \\nm=2 .char _ \v'.2m'\D'l 1m 0'\v'-.2m' .if \\nm=3 .char _ \v'.2m'\D'l 1m 0'\v'-.2m' .tr a_b_c_d_e_f_g_h_i_j_k_l_m_n_o_p_q_r_s_t_u_v_w_x_y_z_ .tr A_B_C_D_E_F_G_H_I_J_K_L_M_N_O_P_Q_R_S_T_U_V_W_X_Y_Z_ .nr w (\w'\\$1'-\w'\\*[n]')/2 \Z'\\$1'\c .tr aabbccddeeffgghhiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz .tr AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLMMNNOOPPQQRRSSTTUUVVWWXXYYZZ .ds x \\$1 .substring x 0 0 .if \\nm=1 \Z'\o'_\s'-2'\fI\\*x''\fR\s'0'\c .if \\nm=2 \Z'\o'_\s'-2'\fI\\*x''\fR\s'0'\c \h'\\n[w]u'\v'.7m'\fI\\*[n]\fR\v'-.7m'\h'\\n[w]u'\\$2\x'1m'\x'-1m' \Z'' .nr n +1 .. .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .\" Using blanks of fixed length .de Y .ds tm \\nn .if \\nm=1 .tm Please use .X instead of .Y in "easy" mode .ds W \v'.2m'\D'l 3.5c 0'\v'-.2m' .ds n \s'-6'\\nn\s'0' .nr w (\w'\\*W'-\w'\\*n')/2 .ds x \\$1 .ds l \\$1 .substring l -1 .substring x 0 0 .if \\nm=1 \fI\Z'\\s'-2'\\*x'\s'0'\fR\c .if \\nm=2 \fI\Z'\\s'-2'\\*x'\s'0'\fR\c \Z'\\*W'\c \h'\\nwu'\v'.8m'\fI\\*n\fR\v'-.8m'\h'\\nwu'\\$2 .if '\?\*l\?'\?[\.]\?' \\*l \Z'' .nr n +1 .. .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .sp 3c .\" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ .nr m 2 .Z .ps 14 .vs 22 .nr Pt 1 .br .P When you go out to eat with your parents, do they order special drinks that you are not .Q allowed to have? Many children feel frustrated when they can't .Q share something special with their parents. One child who often went to adult gatherings .Q felt this frustration a lot. She wanted a special drink, too. .P The girl's name was Shirley Temple. She was a child actress of the 1930s, and she was famous for her touching song and dance .Q movies . These feel-good stories came at a time when the financially troubled world needed a little .Q encouragement . Though she was very young, Shirley Temple's professionalism and success .Q earned her a place among the biggest Hollywood stars of the day. .P Shirley Temple often .Q visited hotels and restaurants with adults. During these visits the adults would drink fancy drinks called "cocktails." .Q Unfortunately for Miss Temple, the cocktails contained alcohol. In .Q response , one knowledgeable bartender .Q invented a new cocktail for the child star and named it after her. The new cocktail was delicious, fancy, and -- most importantly -- alcohol .Q free . .P A Shirley Temple cocktail is .Q made of ginger ale, orange juice and grenadine which makes the drink pink and gives it a cherry .Q flavor . This .Q mixture is poured into a tall glass full of ice. As decoration, the glass usually contains a slice of orange and a cherry. .P The new drink quickly .Q caught on with children across the country. They enjoyed its sweet .Q taste . They also liked it because it was named after one of their .Q favorite stars. When they drank the new drink, they felt like they were as famous as Shirley Temple. .P Now, you don't have to be .Q left out when your parents are ordering fancy drinks. You can .Q join them and order a special cocktail of your own. Thanks to Shirley Temple, cocktail hour can be enjoyed by .Q kids , too. .P .ad r \*[tm] marks -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Using-variables-from-register-within-fractions-or-equations-tp33299025p35302990.html Sent from the Groff - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
