From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 17 01:48:02 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87B70106567C for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:48:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dacoder@dcoder.net) Received: from ns4.dcoder.net (ns3.dcoder.net [128.177.28.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67A7C8FC13 for ; Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:48:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ns4.dcoder.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id E9A6B1018E2; Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:47:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:47:58 -0400 From: david coder To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon Message-ID: <20110417014758.GB14042@mail3.dcoder.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon References: <20110416220236.GA14042@mail3.dcoder.net> <20110417002800.78dc8d62.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110417002800.78dc8d62.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Subject: Re: double spacing in vim, vi, or cream X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:48:02 -0000 +++ Polytropon [17/04/11 00:28 +0200]: >On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:02:36 -0400, david coder wrote: >> >> can anybody tell me how to set vi, vim, or cream so that text is >> double-spaced? > >If you're fine with postprocessing, use sed 's/./& /g'. If >you want to use LaTeX, \usepackage{soul} and then \so{The >text you want doublespaced}. > interesting suggestions that i hadn't thought of, esp knowing nothing about LaTeX. the 1st, however, results in spaces between characters, whereas what i wanted was double-spacing between lines in a piece to be submitted for publication. thx much. dc > >-- >Polytropon >Magdeburg, Germany >Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 >Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...