DOS compiled groff386 VS bug

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2 total messages Started by Mark Bergman Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:53

#85

Author: 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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DOS compiled groff386 VS bug

#86

Author: James Clark
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 05:04

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   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 -ms macros allow you to specify VS either in points or in machine
units.  If you specify a value that, interpreted as points, is >= 40
points then the macros guess you are specifying a value in machine
units.  So if you really want a vertical spacing >= 40p, you must
specify the vertical spacing in units:

   .nr VS 40p

James Clark
jjc@jclark.com

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