Re: [Groff] Apparent weirdness with -ms's PO and LL

[James J. Ramsey]

--- Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ted,
> 
> > You could use the "-d" option to pass non-standard
> default values to
> > groff, since tmac.s checks whether PO, LL, etc.
> have been defined
> > before setting them to the defaults: if they are
> already defined they
> > are not touched. However, setting such details in
> the command line is
> > usually very inconvenient, and it is preferable to
> plant the necessary
> > commands in your input file (as you have done).
> 
> I guess another option is to use troff's .mso
> request instead of -ms on
> the command line?  Then LL, etc. can be defined
> before the .mso.

Just having the .po request in the file is sufficient,
and one has to do it anyway if one wants the page
offset to take place immediately. That's probably why
the bug has stayed under the radar for so long: ".nr
PO xx" and ".po xx" are usually paired anyway.


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