On Mar 04 20:29 -0800, Dale Snell wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 18:41:12 -0500, in message > 20150304234112.GC654@vpn.5665sherbrooke.house, SGT. Garcia wrote: > > > short of wrapping text in a text blocks i can't use any of the macros > > in man.tmoc; in particular .UR/.UE and .MT/ME. is this intended > > behaviour? > > I'm afraid I don't understand what you're asking. What isn't > working with the -man macros, and what does it have to do with the > tbl pre-processor? > > Tell us the effect you're trying to achieve and how you're trying > to do it. A snippet of code would help, too. That should give us > enough to be able to help you.
hello Dale, sorry for being too short. in the following (abbreviated) .UR can not be used out side of the T{...T} block. or else it's interpreted literally: .mso man.tmac .fam A .ps -4 .vs -4 .TH Résumé CS .TS tab(:) center; l l l l. 2014-2015::T{ It is neither this nor that while it's both this and that T}:T{ .UR http://example.com .UE T}:Rumi .TE is that intended? > FWIW, if you're not familiar with it, the troff.org web site > <http://troff.org/papers.html> has lots of information that can be a > real help. > > --Dale i always google around before asking. in the link you posted searching for .UR in this: http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/doc/76/tbl.ps.gz didn't return anything either. make me think that it could be a silly question...