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[nt]roff oddity

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From: m5d
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.

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Subject: [nt]roff oddity
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Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 17:13:33 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 18 17:13:33 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Feb-87 04:28:11 EST
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