cberg@leadsv.UUCP (Charles R Berg) (02/06/90)
I'm looking for some help with the enclosed troff/tbl file. This
has been extracted from a much larger (MUCH larger) file, that is
automatically produced by a document production system we're using.
Therefore, while there are many things that I can change about it,
one thing I cannot change is the use of ms macros.
The problems are numerous, all dealing with interactions between
the redefined headers and footers, and tables that span multiple
pages. As the file is presented here, everything is fine. However,
if the table is expanded by duplicating the supplied rows, such that
the table extends onto multiple pages, the vertical bars disappear on
all but the last page.
Of course, you say, that's because of:
.de FO
..
Well, if I don't do that, then I get the following errors:
ditroff: Can't open /usr/lib/font/devpsc/1.out; line 86
stack: NP FO BT
ditroff: Can't open /usr/lib/font/devpsc/4.out; line 86
stack: PT NP FO BT
ditroff: Can't open /usr/lib/font/devpsc/4.out; line 86
stack: NP FO BT
ditroff: Can't open /usr/lib/font/devpsc/4.out; line 86
stack: BT
ditroff: Can't open /usr/lib/font/devpsc/1.out; line 86
stack: NP FO BT BT
...
So, the next logical thing to try is to remove:
.fp 4 Ag \" Mount AvantGarde-Demi in position 4
.ft Ag \" And select it
&
.fp 4 S \" Restore Symbol to position 4
.ft \\n(PF \" Restore previous face
from both PT & BT. This results in an infinitely recursive loop,
with no error messages at all. I know its a recursive loop because
when I ctrl-c, and print what I have so far, the headers and footers
are inter-mixed, and the table never appears. Besides, the stack
trace printed above looks kinda recursive, too.
The command line I'm using is:
tbl tbl.test | ditroff -ms -Tpsc | psdit > tbl.test.ps
So, my scalp is getting sore from me pulling my hair out over this
one. Any ms macro hackers out there want to volunteer to give a hand?
Thanks to all in advance.
Chuck Berg
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.pn 0
.nr PS 12
.ps \n(PSu
.nr VS 16
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.ps \\n(PX \" Restore previous point size
.vs \\n(PVu \" Restore previous line spacing
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..
. \" FO - footnotes
.de FO
..
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