On 14-Nov-08 12:03:58, Mike Bianchi wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 08:58:50AM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote: >> > I ``troff'' a simple file, hello.mm whose content is: >> > >> > .\" hello.mm >> > Hello World! >> > >> > with the command line: >> > >> > $ /usr/local/bin/groff -mm hello.mm > hello.ps >> > >> > and opened it with ``evince'', then I found there are two short bars >> > in topleft and topright corners of the page. >> >> This must be a problem with evince then. Here is the PS output of >> your document (omitting the preamble) as processed with the current >> CVS version of groff (and I doubt that this has changed recently): >> >> /F0 10/[EMAIL PROTECTED] SF >> 2.5(-1-)277.006 48 S >> (Hello W)69.336 96 Q >> (orld!) -.8 E >> 0 Cg >> EP >> >> As you can see, no bars are created. Maybe those bars indicate the >> left and right side of the paper, similar to the flashing lines in gv? > > Is it possible the "two short bars" are the - 1 - (meaning page 1) > that > mm places as the Page Header? > -- > Mike Bianchi
I also tested the example. When I viewed 'hello.ps' with 'gv' [but see below], there was nothing wrong with the PS, and the top margin duly contained the page number "-1-". However, I then viewed with 'evince', and could not see the "-1-": it was as though the top margin had been cropped. I have had other bad experiences with 'evince' and now avoid using it altogether. In my Debian/gnome installation, /usr/bin/gv does not always work properly either, so I set up a symbolic link /usr/bin/GV -> /usr/bin/gnome-gv which in turn -> /usr/bin/ggv which seems to work fine. So in fact what I originally viewed the file 'hello.ps' I used GV! Hoping this helps, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 14-Nov-08 Time: 12:39:32 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------
