On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 07:16:13PM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote:
> Mike Bianchi:
>
> > I am a day-to-day MM user (since the 1970s) so I should be able to help
> > you. Please provide stripped down examples that demonstrate your concerns
> > and I'll look at them.
>
> Here's a sample script:
>
> .PGFORM 30n 25v 0u
> \".PH \" don't want any headers, but this affects
> \" . \" only the next page...
> .VM 0 0
> .AL
> .LI
> I like these structured lists.
> .LI
> I really do. This text should be 30 symbols wide, as
> defined by the .PGFORM macro called in the beginning of
> the document.
> .LE
> .P
> The page height is low, so a new page is going
> to begin soon. And it will have a correctly
> centered header on it, as disticnt from the
> first page.
> .P
>
> The result:
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> - 1 -
>
>
>
> 1. I like these structured
> lists.
>
> 2. I really do. This text
> should be 30 symbols
> wide, as defined by the
> .PGFORM macro called in
> the beginning of the
> document.
>
> The page height is low, so a
> new page is going to begin
> soon. And it will have a
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> - 2 -
>
>
>
> correctly centered header on
> it, as disticnt from the first
> page.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> My questions:
>
> (1) Some settings (page width affecting the printing of
> the header) seem not to work from the very first
> page. Does it mean I can't avoid using the command-
> line parameters for MM? I'd like to have full control
> over the document from inside the souce code.
>
> I have found that PH can turn off the header, but
> again, it works only form the second page...
The .PH macro has to be processed before and "output" occurs.
Read .PGFORM in the groff_mm man page carefully.
> (2) I couldn't set the vertical margins to zero (note the
> vertical space between the pages). How to do it?
Since you do not want any top- or bottom-of-page processing at all,
see TP and EOP in the man page. By defining macros with those
names and no content, you get the effect you want.
Hence ,..
cat i
.de TP
..
.de EOP
..
.PGFORM 30n 25v 0u
.
.AL
.LI
I like these structured lists.
.LI
I really do. This text should be 30 symbols wide, as
defined by the .PGFORM macro called in the beginning of
the document.
.LE
.P
The page height is low, so a new page is going
to begin soon. And it will have a correctly
centered header on it, as disticnt from the
first page.
.P
command
nroff -mm i >j
1 2 3
12345678901234567890123456789012345
pr -n j
2010-04-23 13:26 j Page 1
1 1. I like these structured
2 lists.
3
4 2. I really do. This text
5 should be 30 symbols
6 wide, as defined by the
7 .PGFORM macro called in
8 the beginning of the
9 document.
10
11 The page height is low, so a
12 new page is going to begin
13 soon. And it will have a
14 correctly centered header on
15 it, as disticnt from the first
16 page.
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