Re: [nt]roff oddity

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From: m5d
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1987 22:35

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In article <597@bobkat.UUCP> m5d@bobkat.UUCP (Mike McNally (dlsh)) writes:
>I've run into a very frustrating oddity in nroff/troff ...
>
>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.
>
> ...

Since I posted that (about 15 minutes ago) I've got some more ideas as
to what happens.  The last tab stop is a centered tab stop.  Text
generated within a macro that spills past the centerline of the field
seems to get stuck somewhere, only to pop back out when the macro
finishes.

Lookin' more and more like a bug (I like to give things the benefit of
the doubt; troff is almost older than I am).

-- 
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Subject: Re: [nt]roff oddity
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Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 17:35:28 EST
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