URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68537>
Summary: [ms] automatically numbered footnotes don't work in
tbl(1) tables
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: gbranden
Submitted: Fri 17 Jul 2026 09:37:44 PM UTC
Category: Macro package ms
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Date: Fri 17 Jul 2026 09:37:44 PM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Spawned off of bug #68354, mentioned in a comment by Bjarni.
Nobody gets this right.
$ cat ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms
.LP
This is my
.I ms
document.
.TS
L.
foo\**
.TE
.FS
Bar.
.FE
$ heirloom tbl ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | heirloom
nroff -ms | cat -s
This is my ms document.
foo[2]
_________________________
[2] Bar.
July 17, 2026
$ solaris10 tbl ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | solaris10
nroff -ms | cat -s
This is my ms document.
foo[2]
_________________________
[2] Bar.
July 17, 2026
$ dwb tbl ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | dwb nroff -ms |
cat -s
This is my ms document.
foo
__________________________
Bar.
July 17, 2026
$ 9 tbl ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | 9 nroff -ms | cat
-s
This is my ms document.
foo
__________________________
Bar.
July 17, 2026
$ nroff -t -ms ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | cat -s
This is my ms document.
foo[2]
───────────
[1] Bar.
It looks like Deri may have a simple fix (see aforementioned bug). Confirm
and land for groff 1.25 if so.
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