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sets the line length to 4-1/2 inches. |
sets the line length to 4-1/2 inches. |
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|
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<p> |
<p> |
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Additionally, you may express a new line length relative to the |
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current line length by prepending a plus or minus sign to the |
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argument. Thus, if you wanted to increase the line length by 3 |
1050 |
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<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_PICASPOINTS">points</a>, you could |
1051 |
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do |
1052 |
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<p> |
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<pre> |
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.LL +3p |
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</pre> |
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|
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This is especially handy when you want to "hang" |
1058 |
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punctuation outside the right margin since you can pass groff's |
1059 |
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<a href="inlines.html#INLINE_STRINGWIDTH_GROFF"><strong>\w</strong></a> |
1060 |
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escape as the argument to <strong>LL</strong>, like this: |
1061 |
|
<p> |
1062 |
|
<pre> |
1063 |
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.LL +\w'.'u |
1064 |
|
</pre> |
1065 |
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|
1066 |
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The above example increases the current line length by the width of |
1067 |
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a period. Notice that you must append the |
1068 |
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<a href="definitions.html#TERMS_UNITOFMEASURE">unit of measure</a>, |
1069 |
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<strong>u</strong>, to the escape since .LL requires a unit of |
1070 |
|
measure. |
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|
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<p> |
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<strong>NOTE:</strong> The <a href="#R_MARGIN">right margin |
<strong>NOTE:</strong> The <a href="#R_MARGIN">right margin |
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macro</a> (<strong>R_MARGIN</strong>) can also be used to set line |
macro</a> (<strong>R_MARGIN</strong>) can also be used to set line |
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length. |
length. |