On 14.03.25 11:06, Robert Goulding wrote: > A display (introduced by .LD) needs a closing .DE macro. And I would also
> close a heading macro with a paragraphing macro. Yes, your method may get > visually the right results, but it may be unpredictable, since some > housekeeping behind the scenes is done by the paragraph and display-end > macros. > > I would write: ... <example elided> > That looks more normal to me. Maybe it's overkill (though you really > *should* use .DE; .LD is *not *a paragraphing macros, but a macro to open a > block, which needs to be closed properly). But it works, predictably. Many thanks, Robert, for both example and reasoning. They provide me a quantum step in understanding, not easily found in the broad bottom-up presentation of a typical manpage styled document. Your "But it works, predictably." is the clincher. I've already shown a facility for triggering unpredictability, and it's seriously unproductive. I'll re-read the manual section, for the bits I missed. Stopping when it looks good enough, isn't always good enough in the long term, then. Once a bit of groff thinking has been acquired, absorbing more has something compatible to adhere to, I figure. (I found that when learning postscript, and other stuff.) Thanks again. Erik
