Re: [Groff] Horizontal rule w/ length a fraction of the page width?

2005-07-13 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> To specify a line whose length is 80 percent of the line length, I > am currently using this: > > \l'\n(.l/1.25' This doesn't work correctly. > I tried this: > > \l'\n(.l*.80' This doesn't work correctly too. There is a very important concept if you work with groff requests and escapes

[Groff] Horizontal rule w/ length a fraction of the page width?

2005-07-13 Thread Michael Smith
What is the recommended markup for rendering a horizontal line, with the length of the horizonal line being some arbitrary fraction of the global line length (that is, the distance from the left margin to the right margin -- ll). To specify a line whose length is 80 percent of the line length, I a