3 this script takes a text file with a little groff mark-up and adds the mark-up
4 necessary for it to be typeset like the zines. for a precise description of
5 `little' turn to the decision structure inside the main loop of the MarkUp
6 subroutine. the script recognizes lines that begin with a `.' or a `\' as
9 the script takes in the name of the file to be processed as its sole argument.
13 sections_7,_9 some sample text
19 if the name specified by $textFile is `something', the script will produce a
20 file called `somethingTypeset'. the sample file is meant to be typeset with
21 landscape orientation:
22 groff -Tps -P-pa4 -P-l sections_7,_9Typeset > sections_7,_9.ps
26 making the characters move up and down is a one-character change. this is the
27 only major difference between h.pl and v.pl:
28 "\\h'" . $anAmount . "M'$aLetter\\h'-" . $anAmount . "M'";
29 "\\v'" . $anAmount . "M'$aLetter\\v'-" . $anAmount . "M'";