The context is that I've got a part of my text that needs to stay together, and it is being split across columns, so I need to switch the column before that part starts. I have used a .br and .ne X, where X is guesstimate at the lines needed, but wondered if there was a cleaner approach.
On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 5:26 PM Ted Harding <[email protected]> wrote: > A. On Thu, 2019-06-06 at 14:59 -0400, T. Kurt Bond wrote: > > I didn't see it documented in GROFF_MS(7). > > There are various ways (though not many) > to do this, depending on thr context > and on the reason for switchong columns. > > Genrally, there is no stabdard built-in > method in ms (hence not documented), but > one can construct one from ms resources. > > So, in your case, what is the comtext > abd what is the reason for switchnig? > > You might also be able to do what you > want by using 'tbl' and the ms macros > '.TS' and '.TE', but thid is also > context-dependent. > > Best wishes, > Ted. > > > > -- T. Kurt Bond, [email protected]
