On 05-Sep-2014 10:24:17 Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I have a document with an abstract, > inside ms .AB/.AE, that is longer than a page. > With groff -ms ... I get > > macro error: cover sheet overflow > > and the abstract is truncated at the end of > the first page. Is this the expected behaviour? > > Of course the point of an abstract is to fit on one page. > However, it is always good to know the rules exactly. > So is ms supposed to behave in this way? > > Thanks > Anton
In ms, .AB/.AE lead into a tangle of macros that make up the printing of the Cover Page. In s.tamc, search for ".de cov*rp-print", and towards the end of that macro you will see: .\" If anything was printed below where the footer line is normally printed, .\" then that's an overflow. .if -\\n[FM]/2+1v+\\n[cov*page-length]<\\n[nl] .@error cover sheet overflow So it is intended behaviour! The Cover Page is one page. Speaking for myself, I never use the cover-page resources, since it is more straightforward (and offers more flexibility) to simply write one's own leading text (if needed). Hoping this helps, Ted. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> Date: 05-Sep-2014 Time: 12:15:38 This message was sent by XFMail -------------------------------------------------
