So one thing I use a lot is something I got James to add to pic, the
`i'th last thing. Here is some actual pic source where I used that:
for i = 1 to units by 1 do {
line <-> dashed from `i'th [].C.s - (.10, 0) to \
last box.nw + (i/(units+1)*w, 0)
}
As you may know, you can place stuff relative to a previous thing.
I had a need for being able to place a list of things, place another
list of things and draw lines between the two lists. Pictures are
worth a thousand words, the .pdf here is done via the .pic here.
You change the units variable and it will draw more or less.
http://mcvoy.com/lm/pic
For differences between troff and groff
man groff_diff
There are differences in there that are a distinct improvement on the
original troff, I use them. Groff is a better troff.
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 10:36:45AM +1100, Damian McGuckin wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2020, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>
> >An excellent book, and one that I have used a lot. But nobody can claim
> >that it's up-to-date (it predates groff), and there are many features in
> >groff that weren't in the troff version described. Isn't it sad that
> >nothing more modern is available?
>
> How many people use features of 'groff' that are not in 'troff'?
>
> We use groff with MM for half our corporate reports, i.e. those that are not
> mandated as Word, and all our (computer generated) invoices and P/Os, and we
> use no groff specific features as far as I know. And have for 30+ years.
>
> Regards - Damian
>
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