Re: [Groff] me macros, page break too early : was Re: mm-macros, page break too early

2013-03-05 Thread Dave Kemper
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Deri James wrote: > On Tuesday 05 Mar 2013 15:26:01 Dave Kemper wrote: >> I reported a similar bug in the -me macros (at >> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-groff/2012-12/msg00011.html), >> though no one has debugged it yet > > I'm afraid I can't duplicate the

[Groff] me macros, page break too early : was Re: mm-macros, page break too early

2013-03-05 Thread Deri James
On Tuesday 05 Mar 2013 15:26:01 Dave Kemper wrote: > > I have sometimes the problem, that a list triggers a page break too early, > > e.g. when a list or a picture would easily fit onto the page. > > I reported a similar bug in the -me macros (at > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-groff/2012-

Re: [Groff] mm-macros, page break too early

2013-03-05 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> I have sometimes the problem, that a list triggers a page break too >> early, e.g. when a list or a picture would easily fit onto the >> page. > > I reported a similar bug in the -me macros (at > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-groff/2012-12/msg00011.html), > though no one has debugged i

Re: \s[] gives syntax error (should restore previous size)

2013-03-05 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> I'm curious, though, why \s can not support the no-argument form in > the same way that \f and \F do. Why should it? \s always needs a numerical value, where 0 is a natural default. On the other hand, \f and \F expect strings, where the natural default is the empty one. Werner

Re: [Groff] mm-macros, page break too early

2013-03-05 Thread Dave Kemper
> I have sometimes the problem, that a list triggers a page break too early, > e.g. when a list or a picture would easily fit onto the page. I reported a similar bug in the -me macros (at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-groff/2012-12/msg00011.html), though no one has debugged it yet. If sim

[Groff] Explanation for .BP ?

2013-03-05 Thread Ulrich Lauther
(I tried to send this via the forum interface, but got HTTP error 550) To generate a page break within a table, one is supposed to use .de BP . ie ’\\n(.z’’ .bp \\$1 . el \!.BP \\$1 .. Could some kind soul explain the working of this macro? The else branch looks like a recursve call. And why

[Groff] mm-macros: page break too early after list

2013-03-05 Thread lauther
a short question about the mm-macros (1.20.1): I have sometimes the problem, that a list triggers a page break too early, e.g. when a list or a picture would easily fit onto the page. I circumvent this in this way: .ch pg@footer .BL [any stuff here] .LE .

[Groff] Explanation for .BP ?

2013-03-05 Thread lauther
To generate a page break within a table, one is supposed to use .de BP . ie ’\\n(.z’’ .bp \\$1 . el \!.BP \\$1 .. Could some kind soul explain the working of this macro? The else branch looks like a recursive call. And why does plain .bp not work? Thanks for enlightenment, ulrich -- View th

Re: [Groff] Explanation for .BP ?

2013-03-05 Thread Werner LEMBERG
> To generate a page break within a table, one is supposed to use > > .de BP > . ie ’\\n(.z’’ .bp \\$1 > . el \!.BP \\$1 > .. > > Could some kind soul explain the working of this macro? The else > branch looks like a recursive call. And why does plain .bp not > work? A table is normally bui

[Groff] Explanation for .BP ?

2013-03-05 Thread Ulrich Lauther
(I tried to send this via the nabble forum interface, but got HTTP error 500) To generate a page break within a table, one is supposed to use .de BP . ie ’\\n(.z’’ .bp \\$1 . el \!.BP \\$1 .. Could some kind soul explain the working of this macro? The else branch looks like a recursive call.

[Groff] mm-macros, page break too early

2013-03-05 Thread Ulrich Lauther
(I tried to post this via the forum page, but got http error 500) A short question about the mm-macros (1.20.1): I have sometimes the problem, that a list triggers a page break too early, e.g. when a list or a picture would easily fit onto the page. I circumvent this in this way: .ch pg@footer

[Groff] mm-macros: page break too early after list

2013-03-05 Thread lauther
short question about the mm-macros (1.20.1): I have sometimes the problem, that a list triggers a page break too early, e.g. when a list or a picture would easily fit onto the page. I circumvent this in this way: .ch pg@footer .BL [any stuff here] .LE .wh