Re: [Groff] shifted output with version 1.17

[Larry Kollar]

"George, Russell A" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Here a short sample of the groff/tbl code in question.

[munch]

Trying groff 1.16.1 and the development (CVS, 1.18) version:

        groff -t test.n >test.ps; gv test.ps

The table begins about one line below the top edge of the page. 
Looking at your example file, I would expect it to do that -- 
you don't specify any initial space. Most macro packages would 
add the space though; if I start 1.16.1 and the CVS using:

        groff -t -ms test.n >test.ps; gv test.ps

This starts the table an inch down from the top. Looking
at the registers you're defining in your snippet, I wonder
if you mean to use groff -ms rather than plain groff. If
you were using no macro package, and it was starting an
inch from the top, I would consider that a bug.

You might want to try 1.16 or the CVS to see if it gives
you the desired behavior. Hope it works!

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