Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unisoft.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amd70!onyx!dual!unisoft!phil From: phil@unisoft.UUCP (Phil Ronzone) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Line drawing/leaders with nroff Message-ID: <210@unisoft.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 22:23:01 EST Article-I.D.: unisoft.210 Posted: Fri Feb 17 22:23:01 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Feb-84 04:38:44 EST References: <113@hsi.UUCP> Organization: UniSoft Corp., Berkeley Lines: 14 First line ......... You can do it recursively, appending to a string your line stuff until it's wide enough, as in: ----------------------------------------------------------------- .de wi .if \w'\\*(S1'<\\n(W1 .as S1 \\$1 .if \w'\\*(S1'<\\n(W1 .wi \\$1 .. .ds S1 HELLO .nr W1 5i .wi ".\ " \*(S1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Crude, real slow, but it only takes 10 seconds to think of.