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

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi James,

> > 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.

Agreed, but I was thinking more of a general way to avoid setting
registers on the command line, which separates that information from the
document.

Cheers,


Ralph.