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- Multic : multi-column text formatter
- by Joel Swank
- 1/3/89
-
- FUNCTION:
- Format a single column of input into multiple side by side columns.
-
- USAGE: multic: [[-cn] [-ln] [-pn] [-sn] [-gn] file ...] ...
-
- OPTIONS:
-
- -cn Format into n column output. Default is 2. Maximum is 9.
- Minimum is 1.
-
- -ln Output line is n chatacters. Default is 80. Maximum is 999.
- Minimum is 20.
-
- -pn Output page is n lines long. Default is 60. Maximum is 500.
- Minimum is 20.
-
- -sn Skip n lines between pages. Default is 0. Maximum is 100.
- Minimum is 0.
-
- -gn Skip n spaces between columns. Default is 0. Maximum is 100.
- Minimum is 0.
-
- OPERATION:
- Multiple occurences of flags and filenames can be specified. Each
- file is formatted according to the most recently set values. All output
- is to stdout. If -s is left at zero, a formfeed will be output between
- pages. Input lines are padded to fill the output column. The size of
- an output column is calculated by the following formula:
- colsize = (linesize - (gap * (columns -1))/columns
- where columns is the -c value, gap is the -g value, and linesize is the
- -l value. Input lines longer than the calculated column size are wraped
- to the next line in that column.
-