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From: stevens@hsi.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Line drawing/leaders with nroff
Message-ID: <113@hsi.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 17:34:47 EST
Article-I.D.: hsi.113
Posted: Tue Feb 14 17:34:47 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 17-Feb-84 03:46:49 EST
Organization: Health Systems Intl.  New Haven,CT
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I want to generate a horizontal motion of a 2-character string,
using nroff, as in the table of contents:

	title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  page#

Using the line drawing feature (\l'Nc') restricts you to a single
character, and a line of periods right next to each other just
doesn't look that good.  I also have need for this using nroff to
generate local memos where we use a line of asterisks separated
by a space ("* * * * * * " etc.) to delimit the to/from/subject/date
from the actual body.  Again, using a 2-character pattern ("* ") just
looks better than a line of asterisks right next to each other.
I have also tried the leader feature, but it too restricts you to
a single character.  Anyone know a way around this ??  Thanks.

	Richard Stevens
	Health Systems International, New Haven, CT
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