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Article #5342Re: nroff/troff -ms vertical space
From: Jeff Lo
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1988 22:44
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1988 22:44
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In article <466@larry.UUCP> jwp@larry.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) writes:
>For the life of me, I can't get nroff/troff to skip lines at the top of
>a page. I have a feeling this is related to the distance to the
>top-of-page trap, but what do I (short of loading in dummy blank lines)
>to get .sp to work?
>--
>Jeff Percival (jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu)
The macros are probably turning on no-space mode (.ns) in the top of
page handling. This prevents a .sp request from having any effect. To
get around this you need to use a .rs (restore spacing) request. You
may also need a .br before the .rs. I have found that
.br
.rs
.sp whatever
always works.
--
Jeff Lo
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Elan Computer Group, Inc.
(415) 322-2450
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!elan!jlo From: jlo@elan.UUCP (Jeff Lo) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: nroff/troff -ms vertical space Keywords: nroff troff ms Message-ID: <371@elan.UUCP> Date: 19 Oct 88 22:44:46 GMT References: <466@larry.UUCP> Reply-To: jlo@elan.UUCP (Jeff Lo) Organization: Elan Computer Group, Inc., Palo Alto, CA Lines: 22