Subj : Re: ansimrd.ans problem
To   : The Godfather
From : paulie420
Date : Thu Sep 09 2021 18:21:16

 TG> Well .. I was kinda correct, but a few beers into my night.
 TG> 
 TG> the $X is to repeat the immediatly following character (could be a blank
 TG> space, or a period, or whatever you want) UP TO column #.  NOT X number
 TG> of times.  I should have written this more slowly.  But yes, it does
 TG> work, and I wrote a more sober version on TUG showing how to do it.

Well - I read the article you posted on The Underground, which talked about this. You went into a lot more detail over there, and I grabbed that one, too. 

I think its worth a read - anyone who was following along this msg thread would probably like the longer version @ TUG... if I remember correctly it was in your local conference. :P



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