Re: [Groff] odd interaction between .bl and .(c in -me macros

2012-01-06 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Tadziu, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote on Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 09:06:28PM +0100: > Is there a maintainer for the macro package? If so, maybe the > patch should be applied upstream. For the space-testing macro > I used a two-character name (in a style similar to other "me" > internal macros), because

[Groff] End-of-page macro problem at end of input file...

2012-01-06 Thread Clarke Echols
I've been using some macros I wrote to produce certain types of reports, and to print transcripts of presentations, etc. But I've encountered a problem that puzzles me. I set a top-of-page trap to handle the page-headings before continuing normal content text, and a bottom-of-page trap to set the

Re: [Groff] odd interaction between .bl and .(c in -me macros

2012-01-06 Thread brian m. carlson
On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 11:50:44PM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Tadziu Hoffmann wrote on Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 09:06:28PM +0100: > > > Is there a maintainer for the macro package? If so, maybe the > > patch should be applied upstream. For the space-testing macro > > I used a two-character name (

Re: [Groff] odd interaction between .bl and .(c in -me macros

2012-01-06 Thread Werner LEMBERG
>> So, perhaps the patch to the .bl macro as in your subsequent >> example ought to be applied to groff's e.tmac (maybe with a comment >> to explain what is going on, though e.tmac is pretty light on >> comments to begin with, and they all get stripped from the >> installed version anyway). Does

[Groff] holistic widow elimination

2012-01-06 Thread Dave Kemper
The following is written in the context of typesetting a primarily continuous-prose work such as a novel. Some time ago, Steve Izma eloquently posted (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2004-03/msg00091.html) on why orphans are fine and widows should be eliminated. Indeed, the modern typeset