Re: [Groff] .NH ms Macro Question

[Larry Kollar]

>    I use the following macro in an ms document to make the font size of
> a chapter title proportional to the chapter level.  As noted in the
> comments below, as currently implemented it has the side effect of
> changing the size of text in the page footer if the embedded call to 
> .NH
> triggers a page break.
>
>    How can I detect that a page break is imminent, force the page break
> and then change PS, VS and call .NH?

The easiest way is to add ".ne 4" or something similar to the beginning
of the macro. This creates a conditional page break -- if there are less
than four lines left before the footer (literally, before the next 
vertical
trap), it forces a page break then begins executing the rest of the 
macro.

I use 4 lines because that's enough space for the heading, a blank line,
then two lines of the first paragraph past the heading.

Hope that helps!
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