> If I set .pl 15i the resulting document is 11i long and the > bottom of my document is cut off How else should I define a > custom length Using groff-1.18.1 > > $ cat long_page_test > .pl 15i > this is the top > .sp |14.5i > this is the bottom > > $ groff long_page_test > long_page_test.ps > > If I change .sp |14.5i -> .sp |10.5i the text "this is the > bottom" prints at the bottom of the page
With ".pl 15i" you just tell troff to format the text for a page this long. To actually use paper of that size, you must also tell grops (the device postprocessor) to request the printer to switch to paper of that size: bash$ groff -P-p15i,8i long_page_test >long_page_test.ps
