Hi Oliver, At 2024-11-08T16:26:28+0100, Oliver Corff wrote: > if I want to draw a line spanning my whole text block using \l'nn', I > usually do it the quick and dirty way and use a number which produces > a visual fit, e.g. for an A4 page with default margin settings in ms I > say \l'46' (which is visibly a tiny bit too short but ok for my > current purpose). > > Is there a way to feed the text width to \l directly? I studied the > list of predefined registers but there does not seem to be one.
Something like this?
$ nroff -t -ms ATTIC/hrule-in-text-block.ms|cat -s
This is an ms document.
This is
a table ...with a text block
in it. Let’s see if
we can draw a horizon‐
tal rule inside the
text block.
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Did that work?
If so, just use the `.l` register.
groff(7):
Registers
...
Read‐only registers
Predefined registers whose identifiers start with a dot are read‐
only. Many are Boolean‐valued. Some are string‐valued, meaning
that they interpolate text. A register name (without the dot) is
often associated with a request of the same name; exceptions are
noted.
...
\n[.l] Line length; see .ll.
$ cat ATTIC/hrule-in-text-block.ms
.LP
This is an
.I ms
document.
.LP
.TS
tab(@);
L L.
This@is
a table@T{
\&.\|.\|.\|with a text block in it.
Let's see if we can draw a horizontal rule
inside the text block.
.br
\l'\n[.l]u'
.br
Did that work?
T}
.TE
Regards,
Branden
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