m5d@bobkat.UUCP (02/19/87)
I've run into a very frustrating oddity in nroff/troff. I've got a
very simple document, with a couple of simple macros to put in a header
at the top of each page. The document consists of unfilled, unadjusted
lines with tabs; a ".ta" command is at the top to set up columns. The
top-of-page macro contains a couple of lines of text which is placed
over the last three columns.
The odd effect is that the last printable character from the title in
the top-of-page macro appears over the first column of a new page as
well as in the title (where it should be). I can't make it go away.
I would have a hard time understanding why this is not a bug.
--
Mike McNally, mercifully employed at Digital Lynx ---
Where Plano Road the Mighty Flood of Forest Lane doth meet,
And Garland fair, whose perfumed air flows soft about my feet...
uucp: {texsun,killer,infotel}!pollux!bobkat!m5d (214) 238-7474m5d@bobkat.UUCP (02/19/87)
In article <597@bobkat.UUCP> m5d@bobkat.UUCP (Mike McNally (dlsh)) writes: >I've run into a very frustrating oddity in nroff/troff ... > >The odd effect is that the last printable character from the title in >the top-of-page macro appears over the first column of a new page as >well as in the title (where it should be). I can't make it go away. > > ... Since I posted that (about 15 minutes ago) I've got some more ideas as to what happens. The last tab stop is a centered tab stop. Text generated within a macro that spills past the centerline of the field seems to get stuck somewhere, only to pop back out when the macro finishes. Lookin' more and more like a bug (I like to give things the benefit of the doubt; troff is almost older than I am). -- Mike McNally, mercifully employed at Digital Lynx --- Where Plano Road the Mighty Flood of Forest Lane doth meet, And Garland fair, whose perfumed air flows soft about my feet... uucp: {texsun,killer,infotel}!pollux!bobkat!m5d (214) 238-7474