> >> since a diversion isn't paginated until it is flushed out, > >> how would we capture TOC entries, with proper page number > >> references, while collecting the main body diversion? > > > > Simple: you create a temporary page diversion for collecting > > text. When that is full, you increment your own page counter, > > divert-append the page diversion to the body diversion, clear > > the page diversion, and continue collecting more text in the > > page diversion... > > Ok. I think I get the idea. Presumably you would use a diversion > trap at the physical page length, less the header an footer margins, > to detect when the page diversion is full? But would that not get > horribly complicated, when considering the effect of footnote > diversions and other types of keep. > > I guess, if implementing something like this, we wouldn't be using > it in conjunction with the `ms' or `mm' macros.
Yes. One of the complications that comes to mind is that in contrast to direct output to the "page" (the "top-level diversion"), which supports an arbitrary number of "position traps", any other diversion only supports a single "diversion trap". So if your macro package makes extensive use of position traps, I'd say you're in for some seriuos rewriting... _______________________________________________ Groff mailing list Groff@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff
