[Groff] groff, ms, and multipage boxed table

2015-04-08 Thread Bob Cannon
With help from this list a few months ago I got my landscape tables to print and preview precisely as I wanted. My tables now have enough entries to require more than one page, but only the first page is displayed. I've found .TS H and .TH and a requirement for the ms macros. I can get a mul

[Groff] help with preview landscape preview

2014-12-12 Thread Bob Cannon
I want to print and preview a table from within a Python program. I can do all but the preview in landscape mode. Print portrait: def printFile(self, fname) command = 'groffer -l ' + fname subprocess.Popen(command, shell=True) --- P

Re: [Groff] help with preview landscape preview

2014-12-13 Thread Bob Cannon
Ralph, Thank you very much for your assistance. I tried what you suggested as a groff command and now have a preview that shows the table properly. The pdf looks fine in a viewer. What a relief! Bob On 12/12/2014 06:28 PM, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Bob, command = 'groffer -Tps -P-