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Article #3480[nt]roff oddity
From: m5d
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1987 22:13
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1987 22:13
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I've run into a very frustrating oddity in nroff/troff. I've got a
very simple document, with a couple of simple macros to put in a header
at the top of each page. The document consists of unfilled, unadjusted
lines with tabs; a ".ta" command is at the top to set up columns. The
top-of-page macro contains a couple of lines of text which is placed
over the last three columns.
The odd effect is that the last printable character from the title in
the top-of-page macro appears over the first column of a new page as
well as in the title (where it should be). I can't make it go away.
I would have a hard time understanding why this is not a bug.
--
Mike McNally, mercifully employed at Digital Lynx ---
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!im4u!ut-sally!ut-ngp!infotel!pollux!bobkat!m5d From: m5d@bobkat.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: [nt]roff oddity Message-ID: <597@bobkat.UUCP> Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 17:13:33 EST Article-I.D.: bobkat.597 Posted: Wed Feb 18 17:13:33 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Feb-87 04:28:11 EST Reply-To: m5d@bobkat.UUCP (Mike McNally (dlsh)) Distribution: world Organization: Digital Lynx, Inc; Dallas, TX Lines: 18