[net.text] floating keeps in -ms

carlc@tektronix.UUCP (Carl Clawson) (02/08/85)

I use the -ms macro package with nroff/troff.  I've been trying to
use floating keeps (.KF, .KE) to get a display in the middle of a paragraph.
The keep always causes a break -- and I don't want one, it looks funny.

Example of the problem:

     blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
     blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
                (display)
     blah blah blah....

I want the "blahs" to fill to the end of the line before the display is
printed.  Instead, the display prints right after the last "blah" before
the ".KF".  (I don't know what happens when the keep actually floats to
a different place.  The fact that the keep CAN float means that there is
nothing "special" about the location where the break occurs, which is why
I find this behavior pretty weird.)

Does anyone know how to make a floating display that doesn't cause a break?
I'd appreciate hints or work-arounds for this problem.  Thanks.

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