PS TEXT FORMAT Reference Manual

Introduction to TFORM
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TFORM uses the value in each ITEM command and substitutes it in
turn for the SYS_LDESC in the BEGIN LIST STYLE command. Each
item is now a label in your descriptive list and would print like this
Jupiter body of the item, a description of Jupiter
Saturn body of the item, a description of Saturn
Uranus body of the item, a description of Uranus
BEGIN LIST keywords
GAP exp WIDTH exp
LEFTINDENT exp FORMAT string
RIGHTINDENT exp
GAP exp
GAP exp specifies the number of blank lines that separate list
items. The default is 1. This applies only to spacing between items
of the same level. For example, if an item is followed by a BEGIN
LIST command for a nested list, TFORM doesn’t automatically
insert a gap between the item and the start of the second list.
LEFTINDENT exp
LEFTINDENT exp specifies the number of characters to indent the
entire list, including the label, from the current left margin. For an
independent list, the default is zero; for a nested list, the default is
the width of the next outer list’s label.
RIGHTINDENT exp
If you want to indent the right edge of the list, use RIGHTINDENT
exp option. The default is zero.
WIDTH exp
WIDTH exp defines the width of the label portion of a list item;
that is, the amount of space that the text portion is to be indented.
This keyword is especially useful for descriptive lists; you should
set it to the number of characters in the widest descriptor (including
any blanks that are to separate the label from the first line of text).