Hi Peter,
> Since you're in no-fill mode, it's a perfect job for the little-used
> input line trap request. This should do what you want.
I had a play with this, and renamed some things to understand what was
going on.
.de settrap
. it 1 gotline
. di prevline
..
.
.de go
Hi Ralph,
> The `.in 1i' gives 2i indentation. Without diversions, this doesn't
> happen so in some way the token for indentation occurs once originally
> and is "replayed" by .prevline? I'm sure this has been discussed
> before, but my Google fu let me down.
.in should be set to 0 when the di
The behavior described may appear puzzling, but in
> \Z'\l'4i''four inch
the \Z'...' does mean "zero width" (really!), so the
total width of this line is only the width of the
text "four inch" (which is less than 4 in.).
> Line 32 exceeds width.
> Line 33 exceeds width.
This is tr
> \Z'\l'4i''four inch
If you need a text line of a specified width, you can switch
the rule and the label around:
.de LR
\Z'\\$1 inch'\D'l \\$1i 0'
..
Using this
.LR 1
.LR 2
.LR 3
.LR 4
.LR 5
.LR 6
will then indeed trigger the length warning for the above
lines 5 & 6.
I love this list. Thank you, everyone!
