DOS compiled groff386 VS bug

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From: Mark Bergman
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:53

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GROFF VERSION: 1.06

MACHINE: 486

OS: MS-DOS 5.0/MKS ToolKit/DesqView

INPUT FILES: -ms documents

COMMAND LINE: groff -Tps -ms file | gs ...

DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR: 

I'm using the distributed copy of groff compiled for DOS--it only knows
how to produce -Tps and -Tascii output, so I'm using the Ghostscript
package to do the PS==>HP PCL translation.  Setting .nr VS greater than
or equal to 40 results in all the text appearing on the first possible
printable line on the page, with vertical spacing appearing to be
0--all the lines print over each other.

The problem is not in the PS==>PCL translation as it shows up when the
PS file is previewed on-screen.

Setting .nr VI to 39.99 produced correct output.

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Mark Bergman
718-855-9148

bergman@panix.com
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Subject: DOS compiled groff386 VS bug
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