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Problem with .DS-.DE

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From: glosser
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 1984 06:36
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When I use a .DE-.DS sequence, the following text gets
messed up. The text becomes single spaced and footnotes
are printed one word to a line. Here is an example:

Here is an example of what I am talking about, notice what
I said happens after I decide to use a .DS .DE sequnece.
.DS
One phrase 
followed by another
and another
.DE
See what I mean. Notice how the lines are no longer doubled
space, instead they are single spaced\*F
.FS
This even happens when I use .DF instead of .DS.
Inserting .ad b doesn't help either.
.FE

The formated text is:

       Here is a test of what I am talking  about,  notice  what  I

       said happens after I decide to use a .DS .DE sequnece.


       One phrase
       followed by another
       and another

       See what I mean. Notice how the lines are no longer doubled
       space, instead they are single spaced81



       __________

        1. This
           even
           happens
           when
           I
           use
           .DF
           instead
           of
           .DS.
           Inserting
           .ad
           b
           doesn't
           help
           either.

Any suggestions on what is causing this as well as how
to correct the problem? The version of unix used is 
BSD 4.2.

Thank you,
Stuart Glosser
glosser@ut-ngp.ARPA
{sally nbires ihnp4 allegra}!ngp!glosser  
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From: glosser@ut-ngp.UUCP (glosser)
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Subject: Problem with .DS-.DE
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Date: Sun, 28-Oct-84 01:36:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Oct 28 01:36:00 1984
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Organization: U.Texas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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