🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: advising
Article #13

out of temporary file space

#13
From: utzoohenry
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1982 21:51
17 lines
1053 bytes
The REASON you get this cryptic message when you leave off the ending
macro for a footnote (or whatever) is that nroff is trying to save the
entire remainder of your file as the text of the footnote, and can't
handle it.  (If the remainder is short enough that it CAN be handled,
said remainder and the original footnote text will simply disappear.)

The proper fix for this is not really a fix to the error message, but
a fix to the macro package to check for unterminated footnotes in
various places.  The message can occur for other reasons;  it basically
means "something went wrong", and can't get more specific without a
high probability of being wrong at times.

People who run into this, please let me have a look at the file in
question;  I need a better idea of where the macros should check for
this problem.

P.S. It's .SF, not .EN, to end a footnote.
Technical Details
Message-ID: <anews.Autzoo.1292>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!henry

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!henry
From: utzoo!henry
Newsgroups: advising
Subject: out of temporary file space
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1982 21:51:08 +0000
Message-ID: <anews.Autzoo.1292>